Claude 3 Haiku vs DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking) Comparison

Comparing Claude 3 Haiku and DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking) across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Claude 3 Haiku outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking) is better at 1 benchmark (GPQA).

DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking) significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking) costs less

For input processing, Claude 3 Haiku ($0.25/1M tokens) is 1.1x cheaper than DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking) ($0.28/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude 3 Haiku ($1.25/1M tokens) is 3.0x more expensive than DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking) ($0.42/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude 3 Haiku is more expensive than DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking).*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers

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Claude 3 Haiku

Input tokens$0.25

Output tokens$1.25

Best providerAnthropic

DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking)

Input tokens$0.28

Output tokens$0.42

Best providerDeepSeek

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Claude 3 Haiku accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking)'s 131,072 tokens. Claude 3 Haiku can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking) is limited to 65,536 tokens.

Claude 3 Haiku

Input200,000 tokens

Output200,000 tokens

DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking)

Input131,072 tokens

Output65,536 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Claude 3 Haiku supports multimodal inputs, whereas DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking) does not.

Claude 3 Haiku can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude 3 Haiku

Text

Images

Audio

Video

DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking)

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3 Haiku is licensed under a proprietary license, while DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking) uses MIT.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Claude 3 Haiku

Proprietary

Closed source

DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking)

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3 Haiku was released on 2024-03-13, while DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking) was released on 2025-12-01.

DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking) is 21 months newer than Claude 3 Haiku.

Claude 3 Haiku

Mar 13, 2024

2.0 years ago

DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking)

Dec 1, 2025

3 months ago

1.7yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Provider Availability

Claude 3 Haiku is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. DeepSeek-V3.2 (Thinking) is available from DeepSeek. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.