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Claude 3 Opus vs DeepSeek V3.2

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 4 shared benchmark results across 2 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

Anthropic
41.13/100
Margin
14.3pts
winning →
55.4/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Claude 3 Opus #168 (Supported); DeepSeek V3.2 #82 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Claude 3 Opus and DeepSeek V3.2 share 4 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 1 result is unique to Claude 3 Opus; 15 to DeepSeek V3.2.

Updated July 20, 2026
Shared results
4
Claude 3 Opus only
1
DeepSeek V3.2 only
15
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Claude 3 Opus and DeepSeek V3.2 is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 4 shared benchmark results across 2 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.

Claude 3 Opus is priced at $15.00 input / $75.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.28 input / $0.42 output per 1M tokens for DeepSeek V3.2. Claude 3 Opus has the larger context window at 200K, compared with 128K for DeepSeek V3.2.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for Claude 3 Opus and DeepSeek V3.2
CategoryClaude 3 OpusΔDeepSeek V3.2
CodingClaude 3 OpusNot measuredMarginNo overlapDeepSeek V3.260.9
MathClaude 3 OpusNot measuredMarginNo overlapDeepSeek V3.217.1

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricClaude 3 OpusDeepSeek V3.2Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensClaude 3 Opus$15 input / $75 outputDeepSeek V3.2$0.28 input / $0.42 outputDeepSeek V3.2 has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondClaude 3 OpusNot availableDeepSeek V3.235 tok/sA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenClaude 3 OpusNot availableDeepSeek V3.23.75 sA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensClaude 3 Opus200KDeepSeek V3.2128KClaude 3 Opus lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkClaude 3 OpusDeepSeek V3.2Result
Claw-EvalSource 40.2%Not comparable
VITA-BenchSource 18.5%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 78.9%Not comparable
Gert LabsSource 29.57%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkClaude 3 OpusDeepSeek V3.2Result
AA Coding IndexSource 19.5%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 23.3%38.7%DeepSeek V3.2 leads
SWE-RebenchSource 60.9%Not comparable
React Native EvalsSource 71.5%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkClaude 3 OpusDeepSeek V3.2Result
AA-LCRSource 39.0%Not comparable
CritPtSource 0.9%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkClaude 3 OpusDeepSeek V3.2Result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 11.8%24.7%DeepSeek V3.2 leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 48.9%75.1%DeepSeek V3.2 leads
AA-HLESource 3.1%10.5%DeepSeek V3.2 leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -46.7%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 24.2%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 93.5%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkClaude 3 OpusDeepSeek V3.2Result
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 22.100%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Source 2.100%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkClaude 3 OpusDeepSeek V3.2Result
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1206Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkClaude 3 OpusDeepSeek V3.2Result
AA-IFBenchSource 49.0%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Claude 3 Opus and DeepSeek V3.2 on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.

Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?

BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.

What data is available for Claude 3 Opus and DeepSeek V3.2 today?

Claude 3 Opus: $15.00 input / $75.00 output per 1M tokens DeepSeek V3.2: $0.28 input / $0.42 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.

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Last updated: July 20, 2026

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