# Claude Opus 4.8 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.8 and DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-8-vs-deepseek-v4-pro-0813
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 16
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Opus 4.8 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Claude Opus 4.8 leads overall 72.22 to 66.38.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 65.4 for Claude Opus 4.8 and 80.4 for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) in Agentic, with scores of 71.9% and 54.7%.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Opus 4.8 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | DeepSeek |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 72.22 | 66.38 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 38 | 40 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | $0.435 / $0.87 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Claude Opus 4.8
- Claude Opus 4.8 public-lane score: 62.5 (Supported · #14/152)
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 public-lane score: 56.5 (Supported · #33/152)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 21.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 74.6% | 67.9% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| BrowseComp | 84.3% | 83.4% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| DeepSearchQA | 93.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 83.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Finance Agent v2 | 53.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 82.2% | 73.6% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| Toolathlon | 59.9% | 51.8% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| Gert Labs | 72.97% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 21.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 20.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 71.9% | 54.7% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 87.9% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 60.0% | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | Coming soon | 83.3% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 74.1% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 25.7% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 31.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Claude Opus 4.8
- Claude Opus 4.8 public-lane score: 66.4 (Supported · #12/151)
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 public-lane score: 51.9 (Supported · #49/151)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 88.6% | 80.6% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 69.2% | 55.4% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| SWE Multilingual | 84.4% | 76.2% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| SWE Multimodal | 38.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 74.6% | 67.9% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| cursorBench31 | 58.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | 62.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 46.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 87.8% | 87.5% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 88.6% | 96.4% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LiveCodeBench Pass@1-COT | Coming soon | 93.5% | Coming soon |
| Codeforces | Coming soon | 3206.0 | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 49.93% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 87.9% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 61.5% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 62.7% | Coming soon |
| DSBench-FullStack | Coming soon | 71.1% | Coming soon |
| DSBench-Hard | Coming soon | 67.2% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 59.0% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.8 public-lane score: 87.8 (#3/48)
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | 66.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 87.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 89.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 80.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.8 public-lane score: 55.5 (#18/20)
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 public-lane score: 60.3 (#15/20)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 72.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 1.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCR 1M | Coming soon | 83.5% | Coming soon |
| CorpusQA 1M | Coming soon | 62.0% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.8 public-lane score: 71.4 (Supported · #9/183)
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 public-lane score: 59.8 (Estimated · #38/183)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 93.6% | 90.1% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| GPQA-D | 93.6% | 90.1% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| HLE | 57.9% | 42.7% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| HLE w/o tools | 49.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.4% | 92.4% | Tie |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.6% | 87.0% | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 87.5% | Coming soon |
| SimpleQA | Coming soon | 57.9% | Coming soon |
| Chinese-SimpleQA | Coming soon | 84.4% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.8 public-lane score: 75.4 (#61/123)
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multilingual

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.8 public-lane score: Coming soon
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| INCLUDE | 87.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Opus 4.8 public-lane score: 65.4 (#2/7)
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 public-lane score: 80.4 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.8 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| USAMO 2026 | 96.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 47.241% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 31.250% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 95.2% | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 89.8% | Coming soon |
| Apex | Coming soon | 38.3% | Coming soon |
| Apex Shortlist | Coming soon | 90.2% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.8 or DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813?

Claude Opus 4.8 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Opus 4.8 and DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 65.4 for Claude Opus 4.8 and 80.4 for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Opus 4.8 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Opus 4.8 currently has 38 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 cover on BenchLM?

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 currently has 40 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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