Compare/DeepSeek R1 vs Claude Opus 4.6

DeepSeek R1vsClaude Opus 4.6

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, ..., and generation speed.

DeepSeek

DeepSeek R1

Input
$0.28/M
Output
$0.42/M
Cached
$0.028/M
Context
64K
Anthropic

Claude Opus 4.6

Input
$5/M
Output
$25/M
Cached
$0.5/M
Context
1000K

Winner by Category

Cheaper
DeepSeek R1
Larger Context
Claude Opus 4.6
Faster (tok/s)
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Lower Latency
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Benchmarks (0-0)
Tie

Pricing Comparison

MetricDeepSeek R1Claude Opus 4.6
Input ($/M tokens)$0.28$5
Output ($/M tokens)$0.42$25
Cached Input ($/M)$0.028$0.5
Context Window64K1000K
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
DeepSeek R1$0.32
Claude Opus 4.6$7.50

Speed Comparison

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Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

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DeepSeek R10 wins
0 winsClaude Opus 4.6

Features

FeatureDeepSeek R1Claude Opus 4.6
vision—✅
Function Calling—✅
streaming✅✅

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