Model comparison
Claude 3 Sonnet vs DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.
DeepSeekSummary
- They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Sonnet scores higher in 0 categories and DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads 33.3 to 10.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Instruct: 42.7% for Claude 3 Sonnet and 48.6% for DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024).
- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 3 Sonnet | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | DeepSeek |
| Noometry Index | 28.8 | 37.0 |
| Released | 2024-02-29 | 2024-09-06 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 30 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 29.2 (#296), DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 31.3 (#274)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.7% | 48.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1223 | 1310 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.8% | 53.2% |
| HumanEval+ | 64% | 83.5% |
| MBPP+ | 69.3% | 74.1% |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 17.8% |
| WeirdML | 10.2% | — |
Reasoning DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 19.7 (#232), DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 24.5 (#145)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1197 | 1289 |
| DTBench | 53.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.69 | — |
| WinoGrande | 75.1% | — |
Math DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 10.0 (#305), DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 33.3 (#177)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1213 | 1289 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 18.2% | — |
Knowledge DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 21.1 (#271), DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 34.2 (#190)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1173 | 1266 |
| GPQA Diamond | 40.6% | — |
| MMLU | 75.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 3 Sonnet: 24.7 (#120), DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 984 | — |
Multilingual DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 38.0 (#229), DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 42.7 (#188)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1205 | 1273 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1188 | 1317 |
| LMArena French | 1228 | 1288 |
| LMArena German | 1204 | 1258 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1131 | 1228 |
| LMArena Korean | 1128 | 1209 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1289 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1204 | 1248 |
Instruction Following DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 63.1 (#230), DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 67.7 (#189)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1200 | 1280 |
Long Context DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 36.7 (#223), DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 39.5 (#169)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1211 | 1301 |
Writing & Preference DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 42.3 (#233), DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 50.0 (#182)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1218 | 1294 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1186 | 1285 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1227 | 1297 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 3 Sonnet better than DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)?
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 3 Sonnet or DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) better for coding?
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.3 versus 29.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 3 Sonnet and DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) share?
21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Sonnet has 30 scored results on Noometry and DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) has 22.