Compare / claude-opus-4 vs R1

claude-opus-4 vs R1

11 results from 3 sources that measured both models. Each row is in the source's own units; there is no overall winner.

claude-opus-4
Anthropic · profile
R1
DeepSeek · profile
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Shared sources
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BenchmarkMetricclaude-opus-4R1
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedBusiness, management and financeArena rating 1,4091,388
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedCreative writingArena rating 1,4321,374
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedExpert promptsArena rating 1,4481,402
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedInstruction followingArena rating 1,4441,397
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedOverallArena rating 1,4261,398
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedWriting, literature and languageArena rating 1,4311,382
UGI LeaderboardreportedRequested-length error% off the requested word count 6.0%18.0%
UGI LeaderboardreportedStyle adherencescore from 0 to 1 0.360.30
UGI LeaderboardreportedWriting scorescore out of 100 68.251.8
Vectara Hallucination LeaderboardreportedAnswer rate% of documents 91.0%97.0%
Vectara Hallucination LeaderboardreportedHallucination rate% of summaries 12.0%11.3%

Bold green marks the better value on that metric. Where a source reports ranges that overlap, the difference may not be meaningful; see the benchmark page for ranges.