Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs DeepSeek R1 V3.2

Compare Anthropic and DeepSeek AI models

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.5
vs
DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 V3.2

Cost Comparison (1000 input + 500 output tokens, 100 requests/day)

Claude Sonnet 4.5

Per Request:$0.0105
Daily:$1.05
Monthly:$31.50
Yearly:$383.25

DeepSeek R1 V3.2

Per Request:$0.000490
Daily:$0.049
Monthly:$1.47
Yearly:$17.885

Cost Differences

$0.01001
Per Request
$1.001
Daily
$30.03
Monthly
$365.365
Yearly

DeepSeek R1 V3.2 costs less than Claude Sonnet 4.5

Feature Comparison

FeatureClaude Sonnet 4.5DeepSeek R1 V3.2
ProviderAnthropicDeepSeek
Input Price$3.00/1M tokens$0.42/1M tokens
Output Price$15.00/1M tokens$0.42/1M tokens
Context Window200,000 tokens128,000 tokens
Max Output64,000 tokens65,536 tokens
Categorybalancedreasoning
Capabilities
textvisioncode
textreasoningcode
Release Date9/29/20251/15/2026

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Claude Sonnet 4.5 (Anthropic)

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