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DeepSeek-V4.1-FlashvsClaude Opus 5

Across 13 shared benchmarks, Claude Opus 5 leads overall: DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash wins 5, Claude Opus 5 wins 8, with 0 ties and an average score difference of -5.07.

DeepSeek-AI
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash

DeepSeek-AI · 2026-09-10 · Multimodal model

Anthropic
Claude Opus 5

Anthropic · 2026-07-24 · Reasoning model

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash5 wins(38%)(62%)8 winsClaude Opus 5

Benchmark scores

Grouped by capability, sorted by largest gap within each. 13 shared benchmarks.

AI Agent - Tool Usage

Claude Opus 5 2/3
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V4.1-FlashClaude Opus 5Diff
Terminal-Bench 4.031.207 / 16Max (With Tools)51.803 / 16Max (With Tools)-20.60
Terminal-Bench 3.0304 / 11Max (With Tools)43.301 / 11Max (With Tools)-13.30
Terminal-Bench 2.190.601 / 53Max (With Tools)89.103 / 53Max (With Tools)+1.50

Coding and Software Engineer

Claude Opus 5 2/3
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V4.1-FlashClaude Opus 5Diff
Program Bench20.308 / 11Max (With Tools)375 / 11Max (With Tools)-16.70
NL2Repo-Bench65.402 / 16Max (With Tools)75.301 / 16Max (With Tools)-9.90
DeepSWE74.202 / 38Max (With Tools)744 / 38Max (With Tools)+0.20

Multimodal Understanding

Claude Opus 5 3/3
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V4.1-FlashClaude Opus 5Diff
Chartography78.904 / 8Max (With Tools)842 / 8Max (With Tools)-5.10
BabyVision89.603 / 9Max (With Tools)94.101 / 9Max (With Tools)-4.50
ZeroBench Main493 / 6Max (With Tools)522 / 6Max (With Tools)-3

Agent Level Benchmark

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash 1/1
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V4.1-FlashClaude Opus 5Diff
Agents' Last Exam31.806 / 19Max (With Tools)28.607 / 19Max (With Tools)+3.20

General Evaluation

Claude Opus 5 1/1
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V4.1-FlashClaude Opus 5Diff
GPQA Diamond90.9039 / 274Max (No Tools)93.4018 / 274Max (No Tools)-2.50

General Knowledge

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash 1/1
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V4.1-FlashClaude Opus 5Diff
HLE63.903 / 197Max (With Tools)63.604 / 197Max (With Tools)+0.30

Productivity Knowledge

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash 1/1
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V4.1-FlashClaude Opus 5Diff
AutomationBench54.801 / 17Max (With Tools)50.303 / 17Max (With Tools)+4.50

Specs

FieldDeepSeek-V4.1-FlashClaude Opus 5
PublisherDeepSeek-AIAnthropic
Release date2026-09-102026-07-24
Model typeMultimodal modelReasoning model
ArchitectureMoEDense
Parameters552BNot available
Context length1M1M
Max output384K128K

API pricing

Prices use DataLearner records when available; missing fields are not inferred.

ItemDeepSeek-V4.1-FlashClaude Opus 5
Text input¥1 / 1M tokens$5 / 1M tokens
Text output¥4 / 1M tokens$25 / 1M tokens
Cache read¥0.02 / 1M tokens$0.5 / 1M tokens
Cache writeNot public$6.25 / 1M tokens

Summary

  • DeepSeek-V4.1-Flashleads in:Agent Level Benchmark (1/1), General Knowledge (1/1), Productivity Knowledge (1/1)
  • Claude Opus 5leads in:AI Agent - Tool Usage (2/3), Coding and Software Engineer (2/3), Multimodal Understanding (3/3), General Evaluation (1/1)

On average across the 13 shared benchmarks, Claude Opus 5 scores 5.07 higher.

Largest single-benchmark gap: Terminal-Bench 4.0 — DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash 31.20 vs Claude Opus 5 51.80 (-20.60).

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