Claude Sonnet 4 vs DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
Compare Claude Sonnet 4 by Anthropic against DeepSeek V3.2 Exp by DeepSeek, context windows of 200K vs 164K, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Claude Sonnet 4
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp is 38x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Sonnet 4
Input
$3.00
Output
$15.00
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
Input
$0.20
15× cheaper
Output
$0.40
38× cheaper
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp is cheaper on both — 15× input, 38× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
54%
Claude Sonnet 4 uses 57.1x more emoji
Claude Sonnet 4
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
62%Vocabulary55%
111wSentence Length17w
0.40Hedging0.44
5.0Bold5.8
9.3Lists4.2
0.88Emoji0.02
2.16Headings0.95
0.33Transitions0.03
Based on 17 + 20 text responses
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