Claude Haiku 4.5 vs DeepSeek VL2 Comparison

Comparing Claude Haiku 4.5 and DeepSeek VL2 across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Claude Haiku 4.5 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

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers

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Claude Haiku 4.5

Input tokens$1.00

Output tokens$5.00

Best providerAnthropic

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 Haiku 4.5 accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to DeepSeek VL2's 129,280 tokens. DeepSeek VL2 can generate longer responses up to 129,280 tokens, while Claude Haiku 4.5 is limited to 64,000 tokens.

Claude Haiku 4.5

Input200,000 tokens

Output64,000 tokens

DeepSeek VL2

Input129,280 tokens

Output129,280 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Claude Haiku 4.5 and DeepSeek VL2 support multimodal inputs.

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

Claude Haiku 4.5

Text

Images

Audio

Video

DeepSeek VL2

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Haiku 4.5 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 Haiku 4.5

Proprietary

Closed source

DeepSeek VL2

deepseek

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Haiku 4.5 was released on 2025-10-15, while DeepSeek VL2 was released on 2024-12-13.

Claude Haiku 4.5 is 10 months newer than DeepSeek VL2.

Claude Haiku 4.5

Oct 15, 2025

5 months ago

10mo newer

DeepSeek VL2

Dec 13, 2024

1.3 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Claude Haiku 4.5 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-02-01, while DeepSeek VL2's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Claude Haiku 4.5's training data extends to 2025-02-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without DeepSeek VL2's cutoff date.

Claude Haiku 4.5

Feb 2025

DeepSeek VL2

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Provider Availability

Claude Haiku 4.5 is available from Anthropic. DeepSeek VL2 is available from Replicate. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.