Claude Haiku 4.5 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 leads Claude Haiku 4.5 on coding, 56.1 to 35.6 on the Vibe Coding Index, and DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 costs 2.5x less per output token ($1.98 vs $5.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 58 benchmarks have a result for both.
Claude Haiku 4.5 or DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813: which to pick
Pick DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 for coding: it scores 56.1 on the Vibe Coding Index against 35.6 for Claude Haiku 4.5.
Pick Claude Haiku 4.5 for work measured by MedScribe (Vals AI), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 58
- Claude Haiku 4.5 only
- 37
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 only
- 20
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 scores 56.1 against 35.6.
4 and 5 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 leads, 36.0 against 16.9.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 leads, 41.3 against 8.0.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 leads, 92.4% against 72.2%.
Same board, both measured
Math
AIME
No call
Only Claude Haiku 4.5 has a AIME result, 82.7%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 leads, 87.0% against 78.7%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Claude Haiku 4.5 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1122.
Directional only
General
Vals Index
No call
Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 has a Vals Index result, 53.0%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 takes 1.05M tokens against 200K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Claude Haiku 4.5 $0.0035, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 $0.0016 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Claude Haiku 4.5 $0.56, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 $0.10.
Published attempt cost and pass rate
At a glance
- Coding index
- Claude Haiku 4.5 35.6 from 4 benchmarks, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 56.1 from 5 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Coding, 28.1 points apart on average over 13 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI): Claude Haiku 4.5 11.4% against DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 82.3%, 70.9 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Claude Haiku 4.5 $5.00 against DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 $1.98 per million output tokens, 2.5x apart.
- Context window
- Claude Haiku 4.5 takes 200K tokens, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 1.05M.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Bars | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 12 | 1 tie | |
| Intelligence | 0 | 2 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 5 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 8 | ||
| Math | 0 | 3 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 10 | ||
| General | 1 | 16 | ||
| All shared boards | 1 | 56 | 1 tie |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index012
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 66.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 64.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LiveBench coding | 48.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1330 | 1582 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| AA Coding Index | 43.9 | 68.8 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 41.2% | 87.5% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 66.6% | 96.4% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 14.1% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 11.4% | 82.3% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 7.5% | 41.5% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | 0.0% | Tie |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 51.6% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 43.8% | 54.7% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 17.5% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 53.8% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 72.9% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 51.0% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Terminal-Bench | 35.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| FrontierCode | Not measured | 28.5% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| WeirdML | 45.4% | 66.2% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 1403.2 | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1454 | 1469 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1439 | 1462 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1326 | 1588 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1318 | 1566 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 16.9 | 36.0 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 142.2 | 155.6 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 8.0 | 41.3 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LiveBench research | 42.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LiveBench browser | 40.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | 11.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 1.9% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 31.0% | 50.4% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 5.9% | 26.8% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 10.6% | 40.9% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 10.8% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 22.7% | 52.8% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 4.3% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 47.3% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| BALROG | 31.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| DeepResearch Bench | 45.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $459 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) | 68.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index08
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 72.2% | 92.4% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LiveBench reasoning | 61.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 46.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 92.8% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 41.0% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 71.2% | 91.7% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| ARC-AGI | 47.7% | 90.5% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 4.0% | 61.3% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| Chess puzzles | 8.0% | 46.0% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 43.0% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1421 | 1458 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1443 | 1459 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1435 | 1463 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 82.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 92.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 66.7% | 98.6% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 64.6% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | Not measured | 26.8% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 50.0% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| MATH level 5 | 96.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1398 | 1441 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1430 | 1443 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index010
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 78.7% | 87.0% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 81.2% | 82.4% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 56.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 60.6% | 65.4% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 67.5% | 73.1% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 62.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 79.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 32.7% | 42.5% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 13.2% | 52.9% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: science | 1406 | 1457 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1394 | 1446 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1400 | 1459 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1400 | 1442 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index9 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1122 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1097 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1097 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1124 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1071 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1114 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1025 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1140 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LiveBench design | 59.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index116
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | Not measured | 53.0% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LiveBench data analysis | 59.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 54.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 31.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 85.2% | 80.2% | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| Vals Multimodal Index | 42.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 80.3% | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| DTBench | 73.6% | 93.9% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMCA | 30.9% | 45.5% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| ExploitBench | 13.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1397 | 1446 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1414 | 1448 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1371 | 1439 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: English | 1414 | 1457 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1377 | 1431 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1418 | 1481 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: German | 1374 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1338 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1346 | 1449 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: French | 1411 | 1446 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1421 | 1435 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1381 | 1448 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1343 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1409 | 1454 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1427 | 1458 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1386 | 1443 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1369 | 1424 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena Document | 1420 | Not measured | Only Claude Haiku 4.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Anthropic Claude Haiku 4.5 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Anthropic | DeepSeek |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | October 15, 2025 | August 12, 2026 |
| Context window | 200K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $1.00 | $0.66 |
| Output $/Mtok | $5.00 | $1.98 |
| Coding index | 35.6 | 56.1 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 4 | 5 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.56 | $0.10 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Claude Haiku 4.5 better than DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 for coding?
Pick DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 for coding: it scores 56.1 on the Vibe Coding Index against 35.6 for Claude Haiku 4.5. Pick Claude Haiku 4.5 for work measured by MedScribe (Vals AI), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 4.5 or DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813?
Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $1.00 per million input tokens and $5.00 per million output tokens; DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 costs $0.66 and $1.98. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $0.56 and DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 $0.10.
Which has the bigger context window, Claude Haiku 4.5 or DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813?
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813, with 1.05M tokens against 200K.
How many benchmarks is the Claude Haiku 4.5 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 comparison based on?
58 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Claude Haiku 4.5's coding index rests on 4 independent benchmarks and DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813's on 5. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.