Claude Opus 4.8 vs DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
Compare Claude Opus 4.8 by Anthropic against DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 by DeepSeek, context windows of 1.0M vs 1.0M, tested across 42 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Claude Opus 4.8
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 is 89x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Opus 4.8
Input
$5.00
Output
$25.00
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
Input
$0.14
36× cheaper
Output
$0.28
89× cheaper
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 is cheaper on both — 36× input, 89× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
57%
Claude Opus 4.8 uses 77.6x more emoji
Claude Opus 4.8
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
60%Vocabulary52%
19wSentence Length18w
0.46Hedging0.38
4.7Bold5.7
3.2Lists3.4
0.78Emoji0.00
1.15Headings0.83
0.04Transitions0.04
Based on 27 + 23 text responses
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