Claude Haiku 4.5 vs DeepSeek V3 0324
Direct comparison between anthropic and deepseek for chat models. Specs, prices, strengths, weaknesses — decide on facts.
At a glance
- · Cheaper: DeepSeek V3 0324
- · Longer context window: Claude Haiku 4.5 at 200,000 tokens
- · Claude Haiku 4.5: Very cheap per million tokens — good for bulk workloads
- · DeepSeek V3 0324: One of the cheapest models with serious coding quality
Spec comparison
| Spec | Claude Haiku 4.5 | DeepSeek V3 0324 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | anthropic | deepseek |
| Input per 1M tokens | $1.00 / 1M | $0.27 / 1M |
| Output per 1M tokens | $5.00 / 1M | $1.12 / 1M |
| Context window | 200,000 tok | 128,000 tok |
| Max output | 8,192 tok | 8,192 tok |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2025-07 | — |
| Vision | ||
| Tool calling | ||
| JSON mode | ||
| Structured output |
Claude Haiku 4.5 — strengths
- +Very cheap per million tokens — good for bulk workloads
- +Low latency, comparable to Gemini 3 Flash
- +Vision-capable — rare in this price tier
DeepSeek V3 0324 — strengths
- +One of the cheapest models with serious coding quality
- +MoE architecture — low active parameters per token
- +Solid on math, comparable to western mid-tier models
Claude Haiku 4.5 — weaknesses
- −Weaker on multi-step reasoning than Sonnet
- −Only 8k output tokens — no full files in one response
DeepSeek V3 0324 — weaknesses
- −Compliance concerns for some EU/US enterprise contexts
- −Knowledge cutoff stronger on Chinese sources than western ones