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Claude 3 Haiku vs DeepSeek VL2 Small

Comparing Claude 3 Haiku and DeepSeek VL2 Small across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Anthropic · DeepSeek · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude 3 Haiku and DeepSeek VL2 Small trade strengths across price, capabilities, and technical limits. The better choice depends on the workload.

Based on current benchmark, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Claude 3 Haiku

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.25/M input and $1.25/M output

Choose DeepSeek VL2 Small

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Dec 2024
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude 3 Haiku
Anthropic
DeepSeek VL2 Small
DeepSeek
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.25 / M
— / M
Output price
$1.25 / M
— / M
Context window
200,000
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Released
Mar 2024
Dec 2024
License
Proprietary
deepseek

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Claude 3 Haiku and DeepSeek VL2 Smalldon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Arena Performance

Playground indexes and blind preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude 3 Haiku specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude 3 Haiku specifies output context (200,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude 3 Haiku
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
DeepSeek
DeepSeek VL2 Small
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Wed Aug 26 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Claude 3 Haiku and DeepSeek VL2 Small support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Claude 3 Haiku

Text
Images
Audio
Video

DeepSeek VL2 Small

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3 Haiku is licensed under a proprietary license, while DeepSeek VL2 Small uses deepseek.

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

Claude 3 Haiku

Proprietary

Closed source

DeepSeek VL2 Small

deepseek

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3 Haiku was released on 2024-03-13, while DeepSeek VL2 Small was released on 2024-12-13.

DeepSeek VL2 Small is 9 months newer than Claude 3 Haiku.

Claude 3 Haiku

Mar 13, 2024

2.5 years ago

DeepSeek VL2 Small

Dec 13, 2024

1.7 years ago

9mo 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

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude 3 Haiku and DeepSeek VL2 Small side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude 3 Haiku
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DeepSeek VL2 Small
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3 Haiku vs DeepSeek VL2 Small.

Which is better, Claude 3 Haiku or DeepSeek VL2 Small?

Claude 3 Haiku (Anthropic) and DeepSeek VL2 Small (DeepSeek) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.

How does Claude 3 Haiku compare to DeepSeek VL2 Small in benchmarks?

Claude 3 Haiku scores ARC-C: 89.2%, GSM8k: 88.9%, HellaSwag: 85.9%, DROP: 78.4%, HumanEval: 75.9%. DeepSeek VL2 Small scores DocVQA: 92.3%, ChartQA: 84.5%, OCRBench: 83.4%, TextVQA: 83.4%, MMBench: 80.3%.

What are the context window sizes for Claude 3 Haiku and DeepSeek VL2 Small?

Claude 3 Haiku supports 200K tokens and DeepSeek VL2 Small supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Claude 3 Haiku and DeepSeek VL2 Small?

Key differences include licensing (Proprietary vs deepseek). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude 3 Haiku and DeepSeek VL2 Small?

Claude 3 Haiku is developed by Anthropic and DeepSeek VL2 Small is developed by DeepSeek.

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