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Claude Opus 4.8 vs DeepSeek V3 (0324)

At a glance

Anthropic's most capable Opus yet, built for long-horizon autonomous agents and frontier coding.

891M ctx$5.00/$25.00 per M#4/92

March 2024 iteration of the DeepSeek V3 685B MoE model.

70164K ctx$0.27/$1.12 per M#57/92
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Benchmarks
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Reasoning
AgenticInsufficient data
Sources:Epoch ECI·Epoch AI·Provider·OpenRouter· as of 2026-07-10
Smarter27%
Capability
CapabilityECI27%89.2
Reasoning & Knowledge
Graduate Science35%91.0%Factual Recall39.5%
Math
Math Problems—Competition Math160%98.3%Research Math47.2%
Coding
Real-World Coding88.6%Code Editing—
Agentic
Novel Reasoning72.1%Task Horizon—
CodingInsufficient data
AgenticInsufficient data
Sources:Epoch ECI·Epoch AI·OpenRouter· as of 2026-07-10
Cheaper95%
Capability
CapabilityECI70.0
Reasoning & Knowledge
Graduate Science67.6%Factual Recall—
Math
Math Problems75.5%Competition Math37.8%Research Math—
Coding
Real-World Coding—Code Editing55.1%
Agentic
Novel Reasoning—Task Horizon23min
Specs
1M
Context
128K
Max output
May 2026
Released
164K
Context
66K
Max output
Mar 2025
Released
Capabilities
Vision
Audio
Reasoning
Vision
Audio
Reasoning
Pricing
Live pricing, shown before you run
Input$5.00/M tokens
Output$25.00/M tokens
Cache read$0.50/M tokens
Cache write$6.25/M tokens
Web search$0.01/search
Live pricing, shown before you run
Input95%$0.27/M tokens
Output96%$1.12/M tokens
Cache read73%$0.14/M tokens
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Frequently Asked Questions: Claude Opus 4.8 vs DeepSeek V3 (0324)▼

Which is better, Claude Opus 4.8 or DeepSeek V3 (0324)?

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Based on the Capability Index, Claude Opus 4.8 scores higher (89.2 vs 70.0). However, "better" depends on your use case — pricing, speed, context window, and specific capability needs all matter.

Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.8 or DeepSeek V3 (0324)?

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DeepSeek V3 (0324) has a lower blended cost. Claude Opus 4.8: $5.00 input / $25.00 output. DeepSeek V3 (0324): $0.27 input / $1.12 output.

Which has a larger context window, Claude Opus 4.8 or DeepSeek V3 (0324)?

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Claude Opus 4.8 has a larger context window: Claude Opus 4.8 supports 1M tokens vs DeepSeek V3 (0324) at 164K tokens.

Do both Claude Opus 4.8 and DeepSeek V3 (0324) support vision?

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Claude Opus 4.8 supports vision/image input, but DeepSeek V3 (0324) does not.

What are the key differences between Claude Opus 4.8 and DeepSeek V3 (0324)?

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Key differences: Claude Opus 4.8 has a notably higher capability index (19.2 point gap); DeepSeek V3 (0324) is significantly cheaper; only Claude Opus 4.8 supports vision input; only Claude Opus 4.8 offers extended reasoning mode. Compare full specs on this page.

Which model should I choose for my use case?

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If cost is your priority, choose the cheaper option. If you need the highest intelligence for complex tasks, pick the higher-scoring model. For long documents or codebases, choose the larger context window. You can try both Claude Opus 4.8 and DeepSeek V3 (0324) for free on idapt.app to see which performs better for your specific needs.

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