Claude 2 vs DeepSeek R1
Compare Claude 2 by Anthropic against DeepSeek R1 by DeepSeek, context windows of 100K vs 128K, tested across 5 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Claude 2
DeepSeek R1
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
DeepSeek R1 is 15x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude 2
Input
$11.02
Output
$32.68
DeepSeek R1
Input
$0.55
20× cheaper
Output
$2.19
15× cheaper
DeepSeek R1 is cheaper on both — 20× input, 15× output
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Style Comparison
Similarity
49%
DeepSeek R1 uses 52.0x more hedging
Claude 2
DeepSeek R1
65%Vocabulary62%
13wSentence Length15w
0.00Hedging0.52
0.0Bold8.0
10.2Lists5.7
0.00Emoji0.04
0.00Headings0.62
0.00Transitions0.28
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