Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
41
DeepSeek V4 Pro Base
43
Pick DeepSeek V4 Pro Base if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Claude 3.5 Sonnet only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
Knowledge
+4.0 difference
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
DeepSeek V4 Pro Base
$3 / $15
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200K
1M
Pick DeepSeek V4 Pro Base if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Claude 3.5 Sonnet only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
DeepSeek V4 Pro Base has the cleaner provisional overall profile here, landing at 43 versus 41. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.
DeepSeek V4 Pro Base's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 63.4 against 59.4.
DeepSeek V4 Pro Base gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 200K for Claude 3.5 Sonnet.
DeepSeek V4 Pro Base is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 43 to 41.
DeepSeek V4 Pro Base has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 63.4 versus 59.4. Claude 3.5 Sonnet stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
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