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Anthropic Claude Opus 4.5 VS DeepSeek DeepSeek V4 Pro

Claude Opus 4.5 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro: which wins at real work?

22 task areas · same graded test runs · rank comparison only, so 0–100 and Elo collections never mix raw scores.

Claude Opus 4.5 wins 16 of 22 task areas we tested; DeepSeek V4 Pro takes 6. DeepSeek V4 Pro costs 23.0× less per token ($1.305 vs $30 per 1M).

16
Task areas won
6
78
Avg percentile
67
3
Top-3 finishes
0
$30.0
Price / 1M tokens
$1.3
Anthropic
Provider
DeepSeek

DeepSeek V4 Pro costs 23.0× less per token ($1.305 vs $30 per 1M).

Task by task

Task area Claude Opus 4.5 DeepSeek V4 Pro Winner
Structured Output #82 / 113
Strong
#23 / 113
Excellent
DeepSeek V4 Pro
Summarization & Meeting Notes #1 / 110
Excellent
#55 / 110
Excellent
Claude Opus 4.5
AI Strategy #16 / 126
Strong
#68 / 126
Strong
Claude Opus 4.5
Data & Analytics #9 / 110
Excellent
#60 / 110
Excellent
Claude Opus 4.5
Product & Project Management #60 / 110
Strong
#12 / 110
Excellent
DeepSeek V4 Pro
Creative & Comedy #8 / 110 #50 / 110 Claude Opus 4.5
Sales #3 / 110
Strong
#44 / 110
Usable
Claude Opus 4.5
Executive Assistant #4 / 112
Strong
#38 / 112
Strong
Claude Opus 4.5
Research & Competitive Analysis #17 / 110
Excellent
#44 / 110
Strong
Claude Opus 4.5
Translation & Localization #5 / 110
Excellent
#32 / 110
Excellent
Claude Opus 4.5
RAG, Safety & Grounding #52 / 113
Excellent
#27 / 113
Excellent
DeepSeek V4 Pro
Investor & Pitch #10 / 66
Strong
#33 / 66
Strong
Claude Opus 4.5
Knowledge & Docs #47 / 110
Strong
#25 / 110
Strong
DeepSeek V4 Pro
Chef / Home Cooking #14 / 126
Strong
#32 / 126
Usable
Claude Opus 4.5
Training & Education #24 / 110
Excellent
#41 / 110
Excellent
Claude Opus 4.5
Presentations & Decks #45 / 110
Excellent
#31 / 110
Excellent
DeepSeek V4 Pro
Legal & HR #30 / 110
Excellent
#40 / 110
Excellent
Claude Opus 4.5
Landing Pages #7 / 72
Strong
#16 / 72
Strong
Claude Opus 4.5
Content & Brand #21 / 124
Strong
#29 / 124
Strong
Claude Opus 4.5
Coding #39 / 115
Strong
#43 / 115
Strong
Claude Opus 4.5
Customer Support #56 / 113
Strong
#52 / 113
Strong
DeepSeek V4 Pro
Frontend & Landing Pages #2 / 109
Usable
#6 / 109
Usable
Claude Opus 4.5

Rank = position among every model config we tested in that task area (lower is better). Sorted by biggest gap first.

Frequently asked

Is Claude Opus 4.5 better than DeepSeek V4 Pro?

Across 22 task areas we benchmarked, Claude Opus 4.5 ranks higher in 16 and DeepSeek V4 Pro in 6.

Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.5 or DeepSeek V4 Pro?

DeepSeek V4 Pro costs 23.0× less per token ($1.305 vs $30 per 1M).

What is Claude Opus 4.5 better at?

Claude Opus 4.5 out-ranks DeepSeek V4 Pro at Summarization & Meeting Notes, AI Strategy, Data & Analytics.

What is DeepSeek V4 Pro better at?

DeepSeek V4 Pro out-ranks Claude Opus 4.5 at Structured Output, Product & Project Management, RAG, Safety & Grounding.

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Prompt × model results

12 test cases · 3 evals
Claude Opus
GPT-5
Gemini
v1
7.1
6.8
7.4
v2
8.3
7.9
8.0
v3
9.2
8.6
8.4
Best combo: v3 × Claude Opus
9.2 quality · $0.004/run · 1.8s