# Claude 4 Sonnet vs DeepSeek-R1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude 4 Sonnet and DeepSeek-R1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-4-sonnet-vs-deepseek-r1
- Last updated: October 17, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Claude 4 Sonnet and DeepSeek-R1 share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- DeepSeek-R1 has the lower published output-token price.
- Claude 4 Sonnet has the larger published context window at 200K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude 4 Sonnet | DeepSeek-R1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | DeepSeek |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 38.08 | 41.08 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 4 | 8 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $3.00 / $15.00 | $0.55 / $2.19 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 4 Sonnet public-lane score: Coming soon
- DeepSeek-R1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude 4 Sonnet | DeepSeek-R1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gert Labs | 39.66% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 18.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 4 Sonnet public-lane score: Coming soon
- DeepSeek-R1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude 4 Sonnet | DeepSeek-R1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 72.7% | 49.2% | Claude 4 Sonnet |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 4 Sonnet public-lane score: 56.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- DeepSeek-R1 public-lane score: 64.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 4 Sonnet public-lane score: 56.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- DeepSeek-R1 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 4 Sonnet public-lane score: 37.7 (Estimated · #124/184)
- DeepSeek-R1 public-lane score: 41.5 (Supported · #112/184)

| Benchmark | Claude 4 Sonnet | DeepSeek-R1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | Coming soon | 90.8% | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 71.5% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 84% | Coming soon |
| SimpleQA | Coming soon | 30.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 4 Sonnet public-lane score: 53.5 (#86/148)
- DeepSeek-R1 public-lane score: 45.9 (#103/148)

| Benchmark | Claude 4 Sonnet | DeepSeek-R1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 83.3% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude 4 Sonnet public-lane score: Coming soon
- DeepSeek-R1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude 4 Sonnet | DeepSeek-R1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 33.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2024 | Coming soon | 79.8% | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 97.3% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Claude 4 Sonnet and DeepSeek-R1?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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