DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Claude Sonnet 5
⚖ DeepSeek V4 Pro wins 3 of 4 categories and costs less: 2.0× cheaper for everyday text work. Easy pick.
Scores by category
| Category | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Claude Sonnet 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | 53 | 53 |
| Writing | 61 | 53 |
| Support | 59 | 56 |
| Coding | 56 | 55 |
Provisional scores, 0 to 100 among the models we track, from Arena and Epoch AI. Value weighs the overall score against cost.
Price and specs
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | Claude Sonnet 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | DeepSeek | Anthropic |
| Released | 2026-08-13 | 2026-06-29 |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Open weights | Yes | No |
| Input per 1M tokens | $1.32 | $2.00 |
| Output per 1M tokens | $3.96 | $10.00 |
| Per 1,000 tasks | $3.96 | $8.00 |