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Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 vs DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash

Claude Opus 4.8 (low) leads on average score with 7.8 vs 7.7. DeepSeek V4 Flash (high) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.042 vs $2.077. Claude Opus 4.8 (low) is faster at 12.74s vs 49.75s, with pass rates of 80.3% vs 72.7%.

Recommended modelDeepSeek V4 Flash (high)Its score stays close to the best score here (7.7 vs 7.8), while costing about 49.5x less than Claude Opus 4.8 (low).

Last updated at: 2026-07-17

Metric Claude Opus 4.8 Claude Opus 4.8 low Release: 2026-05-28 DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepSeek V4 Flash high Release: 2026-04-24
Score 7.8 7.7
Rank #39 #43
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 8.9 8.2
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 80.3% 72.7%
Flaky tests 3 5
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 12.979 0.402
Total Cost $2.077 $0.042
Input Price $5.000 / 1M $0.098 / 1M
Output Price $25.000 / 1M $0.196 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 156,525 108,392
Output Tokens 43,141 14,478
Reasoning Tokens 8,617 153,687
Response Time (avg) 12.74s 49.75s
Response Time (max) 127.97s 218.13s
Response Time (total) 280.29s 1094.41s

Hamster playing table tennis

Prompt: Create a detailed SVG illustration of a hamster playing table tennis.

#39 Claude Opus 4.8

low
Cost
$0.031
Time
14.1s
Tokens
1,345 tok

#43 DeepSeek V4 Flash

high
Cost
$0.003
Time
93.1s
Tokens
7,926 tok

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Category Breakdown

Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 6.6 4.6 77.8% 2 7.58s 10,590 3,637 809
DeepSeek V4 Flash 7.8 10.0 66.7% 0 50.60s 7,279 395 34,862

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