Model comparison
Claude 3 Opus vs DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale
DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
DeepSeekSummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Opus scores higher in 1 category and DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale leads 32.9 to 14.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleBench: 23.5% for Claude 3 Opus and 52.6% for DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale.
- DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 3 Opus | DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | DeepSeek |
| Noometry Index | 29.5 | 39.7 |
| Released | 2024-02-29 | 2025-12-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.58 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.68 |
| Results tracked | 46 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale leads
Claude 3 Opus: 32.9 (#267), DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: 40.4 (#140)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 19.2% | 46.7% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.5% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 38.6% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1264 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 57.4% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 77.4% | — |
| MBPP+ | 73.3% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 3 Opus: 24.6 (#116), DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 10% | — |
| METR Time Horizons | 29.5% | — |
Reasoning DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale leads
Claude 3 Opus: 14.6 (#324), DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: 32.9 (#73)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | 23.5% | 52.6% |
| Chess Puzzles | 5% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 0.8% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 40.6% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1245 | — |
| DTBench | 61.6% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 57.9% | — |
| LMCA | 17% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 126.91 | — |
| ForecastBench | 58.4 | — |
| LiveBench | 49.2% | — |
| WinoGrande | 88.5% | — |
Math Not comparable
Claude 3 Opus: 14.8 (#299), DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.7% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 43.6% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1273 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 37.5% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Claude 3 Opus: 24.5 (#267), DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.2% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 12.6% | — |
| Confabulations | 22.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1223 | — |
| MMLU | 84.6% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 3 Opus: 27.1 (#116), DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1023 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude 3 Opus: 41.4 (#207), DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1258 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1248 | — |
| LMArena French | 1275 | — |
| LMArena German | 1258 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1204 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1187 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1280 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1246 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude 3 Opus: 64.1 (#228), DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 63.9% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1248 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude 3 Opus: 38.2 (#202), DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1259 | — |
Writing & Preference Claude 3 Opus leads
Claude 3 Opus: 47.2 (#213), DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: 46.0 (#222)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1262 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1276 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1275 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 50.4% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 3 Opus better than DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale?
DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 3 Opus or DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale better for coding?
DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 3 Opus and DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Opus has 46 scored results on Noometry and DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale has 3.