Claude Opus 5 vs DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
Compare Claude Opus 5 by Anthropic against DeepSeek V3.2 Exp by DeepSeek, context windows of 1.0M vs 164K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Claude Opus 5
DeepSeek V3.2 ExpRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Claude Opus 5 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp is 63x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Slight edge
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Opus 5
Input
$5.00
Output
$25.00
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
Input
$0.20
25× cheaper
Output
$0.40
63× cheaper
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp is cheaper on both — 25× input, 63× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
48%
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp uses 2.2x more lists
Claude Opus 5
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
54%Vocabulary55%
21wSentence Length17w
0.40Hedging0.44
3.9Bold5.8
1.9Lists4.2
0.02Emoji0.02
0.71Headings0.95
0.05Transitions0.03
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