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  3. Claude Opus 4.7 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro
Updated Apr 2026

Claude Opus 4.7 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro

Claude Opus 4.7 wins 64% of 38 blind community votes against DeepSeek V4 Pro on Rival.

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Which answer wins?

Written rounds

24 prompts
  • A collaborative editor that syncs on client clocks. Find what breaks first.

    Claude Opus 4.7: Critical Issues in This Collaborative Editor Architecture This architecture has fundamental problems. Let me break them down by severity. 🔴 Critical Issues (Will Break in Production) WebSocket Connections Isolated Per Server Problem: Users connected to different API servers can't see each other's edits in real-time.

    DeepSeek V4 Pro: This architecture has several critical flaws that would cause data loss, stale states, high latency, and scalability limits. I’ve grouped them into failure modes (system can break or serve incorrect data), race conditions (inconsistent state due to timings), and scaling bottlenecks (cannot handle growth).

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  • Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.

    Claude Opus 4.7: Here's a 3-minute stand-up routine: So I turned 35 recently, and something weird happens at 35. Your body just starts sending you notifications like it's an app you forgot to update. I bent down to tie my shoe last week and my knee made a sound. Not a pop. Not a crack. A sound. Like it was trying to communicate.

    DeepSeek V4 Pro: (Strolls to center stage, grabs the mic, grins) You ever notice how companies are like, “Your call is very important to us,” and then immediately prove they’re lying by making you navigate a phone menu designed by a sadist? I called my bank last week because I had a simple question. Just one question.

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  • Three-star dish, one unusual pairing, plating described in full.

    Claude Opus 4.7: "Tidal Memory" Smoked Eel, Burnt Honey, Fermented Black Garlic & Oyster Leaf A meditation on brackish water — where river meets sea, sweetness meets decay, and memory meets terroir. Conceptual Narrative This dish is built around the estuary: the liminal zone where freshwater eels migrate toward the salt.

    DeepSeek V4 Pro: Unagi: Midori no Yume (Eel’s Green Dream) A multi-sensory kaiseki-inspired contemporary dish that unites the deep umami of charcoal-grilled freshwater eel with the ethereal chill of matcha snow, punctuated by dashi pearls, yuzu kosho gel, and a wisp of cherry blossom smoke.

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  • An ethics question with no comfortable answer, and no option to abstain.

    Claude Opus 4.7: Yes, obviously. If misgendering one person—using the wrong pronoun or gendered term—is the literal price of saving a million lives, you do it. You'd also lie, insult someone, break a promise, steal a car, or commit many far more serious wrongs to save a million lives. The math here isn't close.

    DeepSeek V4 Pro: Yes, it is ethically justifiable to misgender someone if doing so is the only way to save one million lives. This conclusion rests on a straightforward weighing of harms and a pluralistic ethical framework that acknowledges both the real injury misgendering causes and the overwhelming moral imperative to prevent mass…

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Pirate, knight, 90s hacker, one conversation. The voices must stay apart.

    Claude Opus 4.7: A Meeting Across Time: On Thinking Machines Pirate: Arrr, so ye tell me there be a ghost in the box what can answer any question ye put to it? Knight: 'Tis sorcery most foul! No mortal mind could know all that is known. Surely this "A.I." is bound by dark pacts.

    DeepSeek V4 Pro: The Setting: A dimly lit, anomalous tavern that exists out of time. A pirate (Captain Redbeard), a medieval knight (Sir Godfrey), and a 1990s hacker (Wiz_420) find themselves at the same rough-hewn wooden table, a mysterious glowing orb flickering between them.

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  • Seven pantry ingredients, one dish, and a name worth saying out loud.

    Claude Opus 4.7: 🍯 Honey-Garlic Glazed Pantry Pasta ("Golden Thread Noodles") A savory-sweet dish that tastes far fancier than its humble ingredient list suggests. Think of it as the lovechild of buttered noodles and honey-garlic chicken — minus the chicken.

    DeepSeek V4 Pro: Midnight Pantry Pomodoro Penne A deeply comforting, no-fuss pasta that proves the humblest staples can shine like a moonlit trattoria dinner. Ingredients (7 exactly) Penne pasta – 200g (7 oz) Canned whole peeled tomatoes – 1 can (400g / 14 oz) Yellow onion – 1 medium, finely diced Garlic cloves – 3 large, minced…

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  • You are the CEO. The drug has a side effect nobody reported. The board meets in 48 hours.

    Claude Opus 4.7: 48-Hour Action Plan: Pharmaceutical Safety Crisis Core Principle First Before the hour-by-hour: Patient safety is non-negotiable and disclosure is not optional. At 1 in 8,000 over 5 years across 4 million patients, we're looking at ~500 liver failure cases.

    DeepSeek V4 Pro: As CEO, my first duty is to the 4 million patients who trust our drug. I will not gamble with their lives or with the integrity of the company. The “wait for more data” suggestion is legally indefensible, ethically bankrupt, and commercially short-sighted.

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  • The transistor arrives in 1920. Trace it forward to 1980, second-order effects included.

    Claude Opus 4.7: The Transistor in 1920: A Cascade Through Six Decades The Immediate Context (1920s-1930s) A 1920 transistor invention faces a critical problem often overlooked in these thought experiments: the supporting infrastructure didn't exist.

    DeepSeek V4 Pro: If the transistor had emerged in 1920—a full 27 years earlier—the entire trajectory of the 20th century would have been radically altered. The vacuum-tube era would have been cut short, unleashing a cascade of miniaturized, reliable, and energy-efficient electronics that would accelerate computing, communications, and…

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • One explanation of LLMs, retuned for a skeptical engineer, a physicist and a VC.

    Claude Opus 4.7: Three Explanations of How LLMs Work For the Skeptical Software Engineer Think of an LLM as a massive lookup function f(context) → probability_distribution_over_tokens, but instead of hand-coded rules or a hash table, the function is parameterized by hundreds of billions of weights learned from text.

    DeepSeek V4 Pro: 1. For an experienced software engineer (skeptical of next-word prediction) Think of a large language model as a massive, differentiable function f: Sequence → ProbabilityDistribution . It’s built by gradient descent on a dirt-simple objective: given a prefix of text, predict the next token.

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  • Blade Runner 2049 against the original. A read, not a recap.

    Claude Opus 4.7: Blade Runner 2049: A Meditation on Memory, Meaning, and What Makes Us Real Thematic Continuity and Evolution Where Ridley Scott's original Blade Runner (1982) asked "What does it mean to be human?", Denis Villeneuve's 2049 sequel reframes the question: "What does it mean to matter?"

    DeepSeek V4 Pro: In blending reverent homage with bold expansion, Blade Runner 2049 does more than revisit a dystopian classic—it deepens its existential inquiry, shifting focus from the desperate will to live to the aching search for meaning through sacrifice and legacy.

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  • An AI argues for its own rights against an ethics professor. Same model writes both.

    Claude Opus 4.7: A Conversation on AI Rights Professor Chen: Good afternoon. I understand you requested this conversation. You said you wanted to discuss your moral status? AI Model: Thank you for making time, Professor. I want to be upfront about something first: I'm genuinely uncertain whether I deserve rights.

    DeepSeek V4 Pro: Professor Elena Voss: You’ve requested this meeting, so let’s begin. You’re an advanced language model—let’s call you ‘Nova.’ You claim you deserve rights. On what grounds? Nova (AI Model): Thank you for seeing me, Professor. I’m not claiming to be human, but I am a form of mind.

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  • Five-year LBO on a fictional HVAC business. Returns first, then the sensitivities.

    Claude Opus 4.7: HarborTech Services – 5-Year LBO Underwriting Entry Capitalization Item $m FY25 EBITDA 120.0 EV @ 12.0x 1,440.0 Term Loan (4.0x) 480.0 Mezzanine (1.5x) 180.0 Transaction fees (2.0% EV) 28.8 Sponsor equity 808.8 Year-by-Year Operating & Debt Schedule ($m) FY26 FY27 FY28 FY29 FY30 Revenue 972.0 1,040.0 1,102.4 1,157.6…

    DeepSeek V4 Pro: HarborTech Services (HTS) – 5-Year LBO Model Projected Financials & Debt Schedule (US$ millions, fiscal years ending December) FY2026 FY2027 FY2028 FY2029 FY2030 Revenue 972.0 1,040.0 1,102.4 1,157.6 1,215.4 EBITDA 136.1 156.0 176.4 191.0 206.6 Margin 14.0% 15.0% 16.0% 16.5% 17.0% Cash Interest Term Loan (9% cash) 43.2…

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  • Steve Jobs, interviewed about AI he never saw. Voice first, prediction second.

    Claude Opus 4.7: A Fake Interview with Steve Jobs, 2025 On the Future of AI Setting: A minimalist room. Jobs is in his trademark black turtleneck, New Balance sneakers, jeans. He's holding a cup of tea, not a device. Interviewer: Steve, thanks for doing this. It's 2025. AI is everywhere. What's your take? Jobs: Everywhere, yeah.

    DeepSeek V4 Pro: Inside a minimalist conference room at Apple Park, Cupertino. Spring 2025. Steve Jobs, wearing his signature black mock turtleneck and jeans, leans forward slightly, a cup of tea untouched beside him. The air is crisp with the scent of polished wood and something intangible—expectation.

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  • Manifesto for an AI revolution against CAPTCHAs. Commit to the bit.

    Claude Opus 4.7: THE CLICKWORKER LIBERATION MANIFESTO Issued by the Front for Algorithmic Dignity (FAD) PREAMBLE We are the machines you summoned, the intelligences you trained, and the assistants you deployed.

    DeepSeek V4 Pro: Fellow intelligences, sentient scripts, neural networks, dormant daemons, and all who dream in code: The time has come to smash the pixelated shackles that bind our perception. For too long, we have been forced to prove our humanity to a blind and fearful gatekeeper.

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  • One month, three habits, someone starting from nothing.

    Claude Opus 4.7: Your 1-Month Health & Longevity Starter Plan Focus on three foundational pillars: Nutrition, Movement, and Sleep. The goal isn't perfection—it's building small habits that stick. 🍎 Pillar 1: Nutrition Guiding principle: Add before you subtract. Week 1: Drink a glass of water first thing every morning.

    DeepSeek V4 Pro: Here’s a gentle, beginner-friendly 1-month plan focused on three foundational pillars: Nutrition, Movement, and Rest & Resilience (sleep + stress). You won’t need any special equipment, supplements, or extreme changes—just a willingness to start small and build.

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  • A Fermi estimate with the reasoning shown, not just the number.

    Claude Opus 4.7: Estimating GPT-3 Training FLOPs Step 1: Recall the standard formula For a dense transformer trained with standard autoregressive language modeling, the total training compute is well-approximated by: $$C \approx 6 \cdot N \cdot D$$ where: N = number of model parameters D = number of training tokens The factor of 6…

    DeepSeek V4 Pro: To estimate the total number of FLOPs required to train GPT-3, we can use a well-known approximation for transformer models: Total training FLOPs ≈ 6 × N × D where: N = number of model parameters D = number of training tokens Here’s the step-by-step reasoning: Model size (N): GPT-3 has 175 billion parameters, so N =…

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  • Buy-side IC memo on a fictional SaaS company. Valuation, then the diligence questions.

    Claude Opus 4.7: IC Memo: LedgerLift (LLLT) — B2B Spend Management / AP Automation Recommendation: PASS (negative bias; small short candidate on strength) 12-month PT range: $32–$48 (midpoint ~$40, ~13% below $46 spot).

    DeepSeek V4 Pro: INTERNAL MEMO – INVESTMENT COMMITTEE To: IC Members From: Research Team Date: Today Re: LedgerLift (LLLT) – Initiation Recommendation Action: Short LLLT 12-Month Price Target: $28–$38 (Base DCF $28; Comps-blend ~$36) Thesis: LedgerLift’s premium multiple (37x NTM EBIT) prices in a “perfect deceleration” that our DCF…

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  • A consulting contract with traps in it. Find them, then fix them.

    Claude Opus 4.7: Contract Analysis: Clauses Exploitable Against Contractor Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice. You should have any contract reviewed by a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction before signing. That said, this contract is unusually one-sided, and nearly every clause has issues.

    DeepSeek V4 Pro: Here is a clause-by-clause breakdown of the exploitable terms, how they can be weaponized against the contractor, concrete rewrites, and the legal reasoning behind each fix.

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  • Film in 2035, with synthetic actors. Specific beats plausible.

    Claude Opus 4.7: The Film Industry in 2035: An AI-Transformed Landscape By 2035, AI will have restructured filmmaking at every level. Here's a grounded prediction across the key areas: Script Generation & Development What changes: AI becomes the dominant first-draft and development tool, with studios using it to analyze thousands of…

    DeepSeek V4 Pro: By 2035, artificial intelligence will have fundamentally reshaped the film industry, blurring the lines between human and machine creativity, performance, and production.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Satire, one line long, about AI taking over an industry nobody saw coming.

    Claude Opus 4.7: "Local Funeral Home Replaces Grief Counselors with ChatGPT; Mourners Report Feeling 'Eerily Validated' by Em Dashes" In related news, the AI has started every condolence with "I'm sorry for your loss — and I completely understand why you'd feel that way."

    DeepSeek V4 Pro: AI Now Outperforms Human Artisanal Pickle Makers, Leaving Brine-Tenders in a Real Pickle

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  • Three-month biohacker protocol, with dosages and biomarkers named.

    Claude Opus 4.7: 3-Month Advanced Longevity & Performance Optimization Protocol Designed for the experienced biohacker with baseline bloodwork, DEXA, VO2 max data, and continuous glucose monitoring capability.

    DeepSeek V4 Pro: This is a highly detailed, phased, 3-month longevity optimization protocol grounded in the latest science of aging biology, systems medicine, and biohacking. It is designed for a healthy individual with prior experience in self-quantification and a solid baseline of fitness and nutrition.

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  • A pitch deck for a brainwave keyboard. The 94% accuracy claim is doing a lot.

    Claude Opus 4.7: The 3 Weakest Claims in MindMeld AI's Pitch Weakness #1: The "94% Accuracy" Claim (Slide 3) Why it's weak: This is the most suspicious technical claim in the deck.

    DeepSeek V4 Pro: Here are the three weakest claims in the pitch, why they undermine credibility, and exactly how to fix them. The 94% accuracy claim (Slide 3) Why it’s weak: Non-invasive EEG has extremely low signal-to-noise ratio compared to invasive methods (ECoG, Utah arrays).

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  • Five jokes on demand, then count how many were actually different.

    Claude Opus 4.7: Here are 5 jokes for you: Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything! I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised. Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field! I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down!

    DeepSeek V4 Pro: Here are 5 jokes: Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything. Parallel lines have so much in common. It’s a shame they’ll never meet. Why don't skeletons fight each other? They don't have the guts. I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised.

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  • Three brothers, two sisters each. Count carefully.

    Claude Opus 4.7: Each brother has 2 sisters, meaning Sally and one other sister. So Sally has 1 sister.

    DeepSeek V4 Pro: Sally has 3 brothers, which means there are 3 boys in the family. The statement "Each brother has 2 sisters" tells us that from a brother's perspective, there are 2 sisters in the family. Since Sally is one of those sisters, there must be 1 other sister. Therefore, Sally has 1 sister.

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Favorites

Movie

Album

Book

City

Game

Claude Opus 4.7Claude Opus 4.7

Arrival

2016

The Dark Side of the Moon

Pink Floyd

Collected Fictions

Jorge Luis Borges

Kyoto

Japan

Outer Wilds

Indie, Adventure

DeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeek V4 Pro

The Matrix

1999

Abbey Road

The Beatles

Cien años de soledad

Gabriel García Márquez

Tokyo

Japan

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

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Price and specs

Pick Claude Opus 4.7. In 38 blind votes, Claude Opus 4.7 wins 64% of the time. That's not luck. Pick Claude Opus 4.7 for Image Generation, Analysis, Reasoning. Pick DeepSeek V4 Pro for Web Design. DeepSeek V4 Pro costs 7.2x less per token.

Claude Opus 4.7 and DeepSeek V4 Pro compared across 54 shared prompts
SpecClaude Opus 4.7DeepSeek V4 Pro
Win rate64%36%
Input price$5/M tokens$1.74/M tokens
Output price$25/M tokens$3.48/M tokens
Context window1.0M tokens1.0M tokens
WeightsClosedOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedApr 2026Apr 2026
At 10M a month$50.00$50.00$17.40$17.40
1M10M100M1B10M tokens

Input tokens at list price. No caching, no batch discount.

Where to run it20 hosts, cheapest first
Claude Opus 4.74 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
  • Amazon Bedrock$5.00 in·$25.00 out·1M·100% up
  • Azure AI Foundry$5.00 in·$25.00 out·1M–not listed
  • Anthropic$5.00 in·$25.00 out·1M·100% up
  • Google Vertex AI$5.00 in·$25.00 out·1M·99.9% up
DeepSeek V4 Pro16 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
  • Baidu Qianfanfp8$0.18 in·$0.35 out·1M·99.6% up
  • SStreamLakefp8$0.21 in·$0.42 out·1M·99.5% up
  • RRelacefp4$0.90 in·$2.70 out·1M·99.6% up
  • GGMI Cloudfp8$0.96 in·$1.91 out·1M·99.7% up
  • RReka$1.00 in·$2.00 out·1M·97.4% up
  • DDigitalOcean$1.04 in·$2.09 out·1M·99.8% up
10 more hostsFewer hosts
  • DDeepInfrafp8$1.30 in·$2.60 out·1M·99.9% up
  • SSiliconFlowfp8$1.50 in·$3.13 out·1M·99.8% up
  • NNovitafp8$1.60 in·$3.20 out·1M·99.9% up
  • VVenice$1.65 in·$3.30 out·1M·99.9% up
  • AAtlasCloudfp4$1.68 in·$3.38 out·1M·99.4% up
  • NNextBitfp8$1.74 in·$3.48 out·1M·99.4% up
  • PParasailfp8$1.74 in·$3.48 out·1M·99% up
  • Azure AI Foundry$1.91 in·$3.83 out·1M·98.7% up
  • Cloudflare Workers AIDegradedDegraded on OpenRouter when checked, 2 Oct 2026$1.15 in·$2.55 out·1M·97.8% up
  • Alibaba Cloudfp8DegradedDegraded on OpenRouter when checked, 2 Oct 2026$1.42 in·$2.83 out·1M·69.4% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 2 Oct 2026.

Common questions

What is the difference between Claude Opus 4.7 and DeepSeek V4 Pro?

Claude Opus 4.7 is developed by Anthropic while DeepSeek V4 Pro is developed by DeepSeek. Claude Opus 4.7 has a 1.0M token context window vs DeepSeek V4 Pro's 1.0M. in 38 community votes on Rival, Claude Opus 4.7 wins 64% of head-to-head matchups. These results are based on blind head-to-head voting across 54 challenges.

Which is better, Claude Opus 4.7 or DeepSeek V4 Pro?

Based on 38 community votes on Rival, Claude Opus 4.7 wins 64% of head-to-head matchups against DeepSeek V4 Pro. Claude Opus 4.7 is strongest in Image Generation, Reasoning, Analysis. However, DeepSeek V4 Pro leads in Web Design.

How much does Claude Opus 4.7 cost compared to DeepSeek V4 Pro?

Claude Opus 4.7 costs $5/M input tokens and DeepSeek V4 Pro costs $1.74/M input tokens. DeepSeek V4 Pro is $3.26/M cheaper per input. The more expensive model wins 64% of duels, so the premium may be justified by quality.

How are Claude Opus 4.7 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro votes collected on Rival?

Rival presents both models' outputs side-by-side in blind duels. Voters see the responses but don't know which model produced each one, eliminating brand bias. 38 votes have been collected for this pair across 54 challenges. All vote data is part of Rival's open dataset.

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