Claude Opus 4.5 vs DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
Claude Opus 4.5 leads DeepSeek V3.2 Exp on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 29.1 to 16.6, and DeepSeek V3.2 Exp costs 61.0x less per output token ($0.41 vs $25.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 55 benchmarks have a result for both.
Claude Opus 4.5 or DeepSeek V3.2 Exp: which to pick
Only Claude Opus 4.5 has a coding score, 44.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; DeepSeek V3.2 Exp has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick DeepSeek V3.2 Exp for output tokens 61.0x cheaper ($0.41 vs $25.00 per million) and work measured by LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 55
- Claude Opus 4.5 only
- 53
- DeepSeek V3.2 Exp only
- 4
- Like-for-like categories
- 8 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
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.5 has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Claude Opus 4.5
Claude Opus 4.5 leads, 29.1 against 16.6.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.5 has a GPQA Diamond result, 85.9%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.5 has a AIME result, 95.4%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.5 has a MMLU Pro result, 87.3%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Claude Opus 4.5
Claude Opus 4.5 leads, 1247 against 1178.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Claude Opus 4.5
Claude Opus 4.5 takes 200K tokens against 164K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
Claude Opus 4.5 $0.018, DeepSeek V3.2 Exp $0.0005 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.5 has the number, $1.37.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Claude Opus 4.5 44.0 from 3 benchmarks, DeepSeek V3.2 Exp not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 38.1 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- τ²-Bench Telecom: Claude Opus 4.5 89.5% against DeepSeek V3.2 Exp 33.9%, 55.6 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Claude Opus 4.5 $25.00 against DeepSeek V3.2 Exp $0.41 per million output tokens, 61.0x apart.
- Context window
- Claude Opus 4.5 takes 200K tokens, DeepSeek V3.2 Exp 164K.
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 Opus 4.5 | Bars | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 7 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 2 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 2 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 6 | 0 | ||
| Math | 4 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 4 | 1 | ||
| Web design | 7 | 0 | ||
| General | 22 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 54 | 1 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index70
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider polyglot | Not measured | 74.2% | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| SWE-bench Verified | 79.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| SWE-bench (full test set) | 52.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 70.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1494 | 1272 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 83.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 76.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 20.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 87.1% | 78.9% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 47.0% | 31.1% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| Terminal-Bench | 63.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| GSO-Bench | 26.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| WeirdML | 63.7% | 39.5% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| Cybench | 82.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1503 | 1438 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1483 | 1438 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1478 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1510 | 1281 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 29.1 | 16.6 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 150.1 | 144.9 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1159 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1156 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1189 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | 1176 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 89.5% | 33.9% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| METR time horizons | 75.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| Remote Labor Index | 3.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| GDPval | 45.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| BALROG | 43.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| DeepResearch Bench | 54.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| TheAgentCompany | Not measured | 42.9% | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| OSWorld | 66.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $4,967 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) | 77.5% | 56.7% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 85.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 83.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 86.6% | 79.7% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 30.1% | 14.9% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 86.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| ARC-AGI | 80.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 37.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| SimpleBench | 62.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| Chess puzzles | 14.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 22.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| EBR-bench | 14.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| VPCT | 40.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1476 | 1429 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1487 | 1422 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1482 | 1444 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 80.2% | 52.2% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 95.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 95.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| AA Math Index | 91.3 | 87.7 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 91.3% | 87.7% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 86.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 34.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 4.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| ProofBench | 36.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1463 | 1422 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1468 | 1433 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index41
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 87.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 84.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 62.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 65.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 74.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 68.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 95.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 49.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 89.5% | 85.0% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 45.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| GeoBench | 75.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1454 | 1443 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1444 | 1468 | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1459 | 1419 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1448 | 1412 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | 43.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index70
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1247 | 1178 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1235 | 1164 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1228 | 1144 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1243 | 1152 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1213 | 1148 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1242 | 1170 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1180 | 1031 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1190 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index220
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 52.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 85.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| IFBench | 58.0% | 54.1% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 77.3% | 72.3% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| DTBench | 89.9% | 87.7% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| LMCA | 44.5% | 29.1% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | Not measured | 83.3% | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| CL-bench | 21.1% | 13.2% | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| Furniture assembly | 28.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.5 measured |
| CL-bench Life | Not measured | 9.5% | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| LMArena Text | 1451 | 1425 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1478 | 1401 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1445 | 1404 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: English | 1461 | 1441 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1438 | 1404 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1470 | 1461 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: German | 1449 | 1440 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1417 | 1331 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1424 | 1372 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: French | 1471 | 1434 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1457 | 1441 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1447 | 1412 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1439 | 1435 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1466 | 1422 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1479 | 1418 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1452 | 1407 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1434 | 1407 | Claude Opus 4.5 |
| LMArena Document | 1462 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 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 Opus 4.5 | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | 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 V3.2 Exp costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp 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 Opus 4.5 | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Anthropic | DeepSeek |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | November 24, 2025 | September 29, 2025 |
| Context window | 200K | 164K |
| Input $/Mtok | $5.00 | $0.27 |
| Output $/Mtok | $25.00 | $0.41 |
| Coding index | 44.0 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 3 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | $1.37 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Claude Opus 4.5 better than DeepSeek V3.2 Exp for coding?
Only Claude Opus 4.5 has a coding score, 44.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; DeepSeek V3.2 Exp has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick DeepSeek V3.2 Exp for output tokens 61.0x cheaper ($0.41 vs $25.00 per million) and work measured by LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.5 or DeepSeek V3.2 Exp?
Claude Opus 4.5 costs $5.00 per million input tokens and $25.00 per million output tokens; DeepSeek V3.2 Exp costs $0.27 and $0.41. Cost per solved task is known for Claude Opus 4.5 only.
Which has the bigger context window, Claude Opus 4.5 or DeepSeek V3.2 Exp?
Claude Opus 4.5, with 200K tokens against 164K.
How many benchmarks is the Claude Opus 4.5 vs DeepSeek V3.2 Exp comparison based on?
55 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Claude Opus 4.5's coding index rests on 3 independent benchmarks and DeepSeek V3.2 Exp's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.