# Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs DeepSeek V3.2

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and DeepSeek V3.2 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-sonnet-4-6-vs-deepseek-v3-2
- Last updated: October 17, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Sonnet 4.6 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V3.2 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads overall 55.89 to 50.2.
- The clearest category separation is in coding, where the averages are 44.7 for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and 28.5 for DeepSeek V3.2.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Gert Labs in Agentic, with scores of 62.92% and 29.57%.
- DeepSeek V3.2 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 also has the larger context window at 200K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | DeepSeek V3.2 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | DeepSeek |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 128K |
| Overall Score | 55.89 | 50.2 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 28 | 5 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $3.00 / $15.00 | $0.28 / $0.42 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 46.3 (Supported · #55/128)
- DeepSeek V3.2 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | DeepSeek V3.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 72.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 67.8% | 40.2% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| CyberGym | 65.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 62.92% | 29.57% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 8.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 36.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 57.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | 0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 18.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 44.7 (Supported · #54/150)
- DeepSeek V3.2 public-lane score: 28.5 (Estimated · #99/150)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | DeepSeek V3.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 79.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 60.7% | 60.9% | DeepSeek V3.2 |
| React Native Evals | 80.6% | 71.5% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 51.48% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | 48.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 24.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 82.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 77.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 62.8 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- DeepSeek V3.2 public-lane score: 57.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | DeepSeek V3.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 58.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 86.00% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 58.7 (#45/54)
- DeepSeek V3.2 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | DeepSeek V3.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 77.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 55.4 (Supported · #58/184)
- DeepSeek V3.2 public-lane score: 42.2 (Estimated · #109/184)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | DeepSeek V3.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 89.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 95% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 79.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 49% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 87.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 48 (#99/148)
- DeepSeek V3.2 public-lane score: 58.2 (#82/148)

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or DeepSeek V3.2?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Sonnet 4.6 and DeepSeek V3.2?

The widest category gap is in coding, where the averages are 44.7 for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and 28.5 for DeepSeek V3.2.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Sonnet 4.6 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 currently has 28 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does DeepSeek V3.2 cover on BenchLM?

DeepSeek V3.2 currently has 5 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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