Model Comparison

Claude 3 Opus vs DeepSeek VL2

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

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

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

Arena Performance

Human preference votes

CallingBox

Done comparing? Ship the phone agent.

One API for outbound and inbound calls.

$0.05 /min all-in7 lines of code

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Anthropic
Claude 3 Opus
Input tokens$15.00
Output tokens$75.00
Best providerAnthropic
DeepSeek
DeepSeek VL2
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Claude 3 Opus accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to DeepSeek VL2's 129,280 tokens. Claude 3 Opus can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while DeepSeek VL2 is limited to 129,280 tokens.

Anthropic
Claude 3 Opus
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
DeepSeek
DeepSeek VL2
Input129,280 tokens
Output129,280 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Claude 3 Opus and DeepSeek VL2 support multimodal inputs.

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

Claude 3 Opus

Text
Images
Audio
Video

DeepSeek VL2

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

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

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

Claude 3 Opus

Proprietary

Closed source

DeepSeek VL2

deepseek

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3 Opus was released on 2024-02-29, while DeepSeek VL2 was released on 2024-12-13.

DeepSeek VL2 is 10 months newer than Claude 3 Opus.

Claude 3 Opus

Feb 29, 2024

2.2 years ago

DeepSeek VL2

Dec 13, 2024

1.4 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

Provider Availability

Claude 3 Opus is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. DeepSeek VL2 is available from Replicate.

Claude 3 Opus

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Anthropic
Input Price:Input: $15.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $75.00/1M
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AWS Bedrock
Input Price:Input: $15.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $75.00/1M
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Google
Input Price:Input: $15.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $75.00/1M

DeepSeek VL2

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Replicate
* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Larger context window (200,000 tokens)
Has open weights

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
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Claude 3 Opus
DeepSeek
DeepSeek VL2

FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3 Opus vs DeepSeek VL2

Claude 3 Opus (Anthropic) and DeepSeek VL2 (DeepSeek) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.
Claude 3 Opus scores ARC-C: 96.4%, HellaSwag: 95.4%, GSM8k: 95.0%, MGSM: 90.7%, BIG-Bench Hard: 86.8%. DeepSeek VL2 scores DocVQA: 93.3%, ChartQA: 86.0%, TextVQA: 84.2%, AI2D: 81.4%, OCRBench: 81.1%.
Claude 3 Opus supports 200K tokens and DeepSeek VL2 supports 129K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include context window (200K vs 129K), licensing (Proprietary vs deepseek). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Claude 3 Opus is developed by Anthropic and DeepSeek VL2 is developed by DeepSeek.