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Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking)

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

Quick Verdict

Claude Sonnet 4.6 wins overall with a score of 80 vs 69 (11 point difference).Claude Sonnet 4.6 wins 4 out of 4 categories.

Claude Sonnet 4.6

CreatorAnthropic
TypeProprietary
Context1M
Score80

DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking)

CreatorDeepSeek
TypeOpen Weight
Context128K
Score69

Knowledge

Claude Sonnet 4.6

Claude Sonnet 4.6

96

DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking)

84

99
MMLU
87
97
GPQA
85
95
SuperGPQA
83
93
OpenBookQA
81

Coding

Claude Sonnet 4.6

Claude Sonnet 4.6

93

DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking)

79

93
HumanEval
79

Mathematics

Claude Sonnet 4.6

Claude Sonnet 4.6

97.1

DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking)

86

99
AIME 2023
87
99
AIME 2024
89
98
AIME 2025
88
95
HMMT Feb 2023
83
97
HMMT Feb 2024
85
96
HMMT Feb 2025
84
96
BRUMO 2025
86

Reasoning

Claude Sonnet 4.6

Claude Sonnet 4.6

94

DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking)

82

95
SimpleQA
83
93
MuSR
81

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking)?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 scores higher overall with 80 vs 69, a difference of 11 points across all benchmarks.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking)?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads in knowledge tasks with an average score of 96 vs 84.

Which is better for coding, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking)?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads in coding with an average score of 93 vs 79.

Which is better for math, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking)?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads in math with an average score of 97.1 vs 86.

Which is better for reasoning, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking)?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads in reasoning with an average score of 94 vs 82.

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