Claude 3 Haiku vs DeepSeek V3.1

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

Quick Verdict

Claude 3 Haiku wins overall with a score of 46 vs 24 (22 point difference).Claude 3 Haiku wins 4 out of 4 categories.

Knowledge

Claude 3 Haiku

Claude 3 Haiku

54.5

DeepSeek V3.1

30.8

56
MMLU
33
56
GPQA
32
54
SuperGPQA
30
52
OpenBookQA
28

Coding

Claude 3 Haiku

Claude 3 Haiku

48

DeepSeek V3.1

25

48
HumanEval
25

Mathematics

Claude 3 Haiku

Claude 3 Haiku

55

DeepSeek V3.1

32

56
AIME 2023
33
58
AIME 2024
35
57
AIME 2025
34
52
HMMT Feb 2023
29
54
HMMT Feb 2024
31
53
HMMT Feb 2025
30
55
BRUMO 2025
32

Reasoning

Claude 3 Haiku

Claude 3 Haiku

53

DeepSeek V3.1

30

54
SimpleQA
31
52
MuSR
29

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Claude 3 Haiku or DeepSeek V3.1?

Claude 3 Haiku scores higher overall with 46 vs 24, a difference of 22 points across all benchmarks.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Claude 3 Haiku or DeepSeek V3.1?

Claude 3 Haiku leads in knowledge tasks with an average score of 54.5 vs 30.8.

Which is better for coding, Claude 3 Haiku or DeepSeek V3.1?

Claude 3 Haiku leads in coding with an average score of 48 vs 25.

Which is better for math, Claude 3 Haiku or DeepSeek V3.1?

Claude 3 Haiku leads in math with an average score of 55 vs 32.

Which is better for reasoning, Claude 3 Haiku or DeepSeek V3.1?

Claude 3 Haiku leads in reasoning with an average score of 53 vs 30.