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Claude 3 Opus vs DeepSeek VL2 Tiny

Claude 3 Opus leads the LLM Stats Score 9.9 to -4.7.

Anthropic · DeepSeek · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude 3 Opus leads the overall LLM Stats Score 9.9 to -4.7, ranking #275 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Claude 3 Opus

  • overall performance matters — it scores 9.9 and ranks #275 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes

Choose DeepSeek VL2 Tiny

  • 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 Opus
Anthropic
DeepSeek VL2 Tiny
DeepSeek
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
9.9
#275
-4.7
#359
Reasoning
9.8
#269
-12.7
#370
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$15.00 / M
— / M
Output price
$75.00 / M
— / M
Context window
200,000
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Individual benchmarks

11 reported for Claude 3 Opus · 14 for DeepSeek VL2 Tiny

No common benchmarks found

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

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

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

Anthropic
Claude 3 Opus
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
DeepSeek
DeepSeek VL2 Tiny
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Sun Oct 04 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Claude 3 Opus and DeepSeek VL2 Tiny 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 Tiny

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3 Opus is licensed under a proprietary license, while DeepSeek VL2 Tiny 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 Tiny

deepseek

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

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

DeepSeek VL2 Tiny is 10 months newer than Claude 3 Opus.

Claude 3 Opus

Feb 29, 2024

2.6 years ago

DeepSeek VL2 Tiny

Dec 13, 2024

1.8 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

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

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

Claude 3 Opus
✓ Preferred
DeepSeek VL2 Tiny
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3 Opus vs DeepSeek VL2 Tiny.

Which is better, Claude 3 Opus or DeepSeek VL2 Tiny?

Claude 3 Opus leads the LLM Stats Score 9.9 to -4.7. Claude 3 Opus is made by Anthropic and DeepSeek VL2 Tiny is made by DeepSeek. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Claude 3 Opus compare to DeepSeek VL2 Tiny in benchmarks?

Claude 3 Opus scores ARC-C: 96.4%, HellaSwag: 95.4%, GSM8k: 95.0%, MGSM: 90.7%, BIG-Bench Hard: 86.8%. DeepSeek VL2 Tiny scores DocVQA: 88.9%, ChartQA: 81.0%, OCRBench: 80.9%, TextVQA: 80.7%, AI2D: 71.6%.

What are the context window sizes for Claude 3 Opus and DeepSeek VL2 Tiny?

Claude 3 Opus supports 200K tokens and DeepSeek VL2 Tiny 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 Opus and DeepSeek VL2 Tiny?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (9.9 vs -4.7), licensing (Proprietary vs deepseek). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude 3 Opus and DeepSeek VL2 Tiny?

Claude 3 Opus is developed by Anthropic and DeepSeek VL2 Tiny is developed by DeepSeek.

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