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Claude 3 Haiku vs DeepSeek-R1

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.

Quick Verdict

Claude 3 Haiku wins overall with a score of 46 vs 35 (11 point difference).Claude 3 Haiku wins 4 out of 4 categories.

Claude 3 Haiku

CreatorAnthropic
TypeProprietary
Context200K
Score46

DeepSeek-R1

CreatorDeepSeek
TypeOpen Weight
Context128K
Score35

Knowledge

Claude 3 Haiku

Claude 3 Haiku

54.5

DeepSeek-R1

41.8

56
MMLU
44
56
GPQA
43
54
SuperGPQA
41
52
OpenBookQA
39

Coding

Claude 3 Haiku

Claude 3 Haiku

48

DeepSeek-R1

36

48
HumanEval
36

Mathematics

Claude 3 Haiku

Claude 3 Haiku

55

DeepSeek-R1

43

56
AIME 2023
44
58
AIME 2024
46
57
AIME 2025
45
52
HMMT Feb 2023
40
54
HMMT Feb 2024
42
53
HMMT Feb 2025
41
55
BRUMO 2025
43

Reasoning

Claude 3 Haiku

Claude 3 Haiku

53

DeepSeek-R1

41

54
SimpleQA
42
52
MuSR
40

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Claude 3 Haiku or DeepSeek-R1?

Claude 3 Haiku scores higher overall with 46 vs 35, a difference of 11 points across all benchmarks.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Claude 3 Haiku or DeepSeek-R1?

Claude 3 Haiku leads in knowledge tasks with an average score of 54.5 vs 41.8.

Which is better for coding, Claude 3 Haiku or DeepSeek-R1?

Claude 3 Haiku leads in coding with an average score of 48 vs 36.

Which is better for math, Claude 3 Haiku or DeepSeek-R1?

Claude 3 Haiku leads in math with an average score of 55 vs 43.

Which is better for reasoning, Claude 3 Haiku or DeepSeek-R1?

Claude 3 Haiku leads in reasoning with an average score of 53 vs 41.

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