Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 16, 2026

Claude Opus 4.8 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro benchmark

Name: Claude Opus 4.8 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro AI benchmark comparison
Creator: CompareLLM
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This page compares Claude Opus 4.8 (Anthropic) and DeepSeek V4 Pro (DeepSeek) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 16, 2026. On preference Elo, Claude Opus 4.8 is ahead by 62 points (1,598 vs 1,536; seed-bootstrap (Aug 16, 2026)). On SWE-bench coding, Claude Opus 4.8 resolves 78.4% versus 71.6% (seed-bootstrap (Aug 16, 2026)). DeepSeek V4 Pro streams faster (70 tok/s) while DeepSeek V4 Pro is the cheaper output token ($0.87/1M). DeepSeek V4 Pro has the larger context window (1M tokens). Every cell below is a dated snapshot from a named public source — we do not invent missing scores, and we do not run SWE-bench ourselves.

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Anthropic

Claude Opus 4.8

Prior Opus generation still billed at $5/$25. Kept as a compare baseline against Opus 5.

Elo 1,598$25/1M out

DeepSeek

DeepSeek V4 Pro

Open-weight-adjacent DeepSeek flagship. High reasoning density per dollar.

Elo 1,536$0.87/1M out

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Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Claude Opus 4.8 (6)vsDeepSeek V4 Pro (4)

Claude Opus 4.8: 6W (60%)Overall: Claude Opus 4.8DeepSeek V4 Pro: 4W (40%)

← Claude Opus 4.8DeepSeek V4 Pro →

Claude Opus 4.8 (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,598vs1,536

Coding Elo

1,604vs1,544

SWE-bench

78.4%vs71.6%

LiveBench

73.6%vs70.1%

GPQA Diamond

86.2%vs84%

Claude Opus 4.8: 5WDeepSeek V4 Pro: 0W

Tied (1/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

66 tok/svs70 tok/s

Time to first token

330 msvs410 ms

Claude Opus 4.8: 1WDeepSeek V4 Pro: 1W

DeepSeek V4 Pro (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$25/1Mvs$0.87/1M

Input price

$5/1Mvs$0.44/1M

Context window

1Mvs1M

Claude Opus 4.8: 0WDeepSeek V4 Pro: 3W

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Dimensional AdvantageClaude Opus 4.8 4/6

Preference Elo

Claude Opus 4.8

62 pts advantage

Throughput Speed

DeepSeek V4 Pro

4 tok/s faster

Price Efficiency

DeepSeek V4 Pro

$24.13/1M cheaper

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Elo

High is better

+4%1,598

EloHigh is better

1,536

Code Elo

High is better

+4%1,604

Code EloHigh is better

1,544

LiveBench

High is better

+5%73.6%

LiveBenchHigh is better

70.1%

SWE-bench

High is better

+9%78.4%

SWE-benchHigh is better

71.6%

GPQA

High is better

+3%86.2%

GPQAHigh is better

84%

TTFT

Low is better

+24%330 ms

TTFTLow is better

410 ms

Speed

High is better

66 tok/s

SpeedHigh is better

70 tok/s+6%

In $

Low is better

$5/1M

In $Low is better

$0.44/1M+1049%

Out $

Low is better

$25/1M

Out $Low is better

$0.87/1M+2774%

Context

High is better

ContextHigh is better

1M+5%

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Simulate monthly production API costs based on published $/1M tokens.

Save up to 95% with DeepSeek V4 Pro

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

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Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out

RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)

Claude Opus 4.8$550.00 / mo

In: $175.00Out: $375.00

DeepSeek V4 Pro$28.28 / mo

In: $15.22Out: $13.05

Estimated Cost Delta

DeepSeek V4 Pro is estimated to save $521.73/month ($6,261/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

1
Claude Opus 4.8:Pick Claude Opus 4.8 when repo-level coding accuracy is the constraint.
2
DeepSeek V4 Pro:Pick DeepSeek V4 Pro when you are optimizing output cost.
3
Claude Opus 4.8:Pick Claude Opus 4.8 when time-to-first-token matters more than peak Elo.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsClaude Opus 4.8

Higher SWE-bench (78.4%).

High-volume chatDeepSeek V4 Pro

Lower output list price ($0.87/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIClaude Opus 4.8

Lower TTFT (330 ms).

Long-document RAGDeepSeek V4 Pro

Larger window (1M).

Screenshots / visionClaude Opus 4.8

Claude Opus 4.8 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Claude Opus 4.8	Higher SWE-bench (78.4%).
High-volume chat	DeepSeek V4 Pro	Lower output list price ($0.87/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Claude Opus 4.8	Lower TTFT (330 ms).
Long-document RAG	DeepSeek V4 Pro	Larger window (1M).
Screenshots / vision	Claude Opus 4.8	Claude Opus 4.8 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Related Editorial Dispatches & Benchmark Notes

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launchJun 20, 2026

Keep Opus 4.8 on the board: a baseline, not a flagship

Opus 4.8 still bills $5/$25. We keep it so Opus 5 vs 4.8 is a real generation delta, not marketing.

compareJun 13, 2026

DeepSeek vs Claude: the cheap-versus-frontier question, remapped

Top DeepSeek vs top Anthropic Elo. Usually V4 Pro vs Opus 5. License and invoice decide as much as Elo.

launchJun 12, 2026

DeepSeek V4 Pro: high reasoning density per dollar

2026-06 open-weight-adjacent flagship. The usual cheap-vs-Claude question starts here.

launchJan 20, 2025

DeepSeek R1 stays as the open-weights RL baseline

Jan 2025 reasoning model. Still searched. V4 Pro is the newer DeepSeek buy.

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Anthropic

Claude Opus 4.8

Elo 1,598

LiveBench73.6%

SWE-bench78.4%

Speed66 tok/s

Output cost$25/1M

DeepSeek

DeepSeek V4 Pro

Elo 1,536

LiveBench70.1%

SWE-bench71.6%

Speed70 tok/s

Output cost$0.87/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.8 or DeepSeek V4 Pro?: Claude Opus 4.8 has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,598). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.
Which is better at coding, Claude Opus 4.8 or DeepSeek V4 Pro?: Claude Opus 4.8 leads SWE-bench at 78.4% vs 71.6%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: DeepSeek V4 Pro output tokens are $0.87/1M versus $25/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Claude Opus 4.8 or DeepSeek V4 Pro?: Claude Opus 4.8 has the lower time-to-first-token (330 ms vs 410 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.
Which has the larger context window?: DeepSeek V4 Pro accepts 1M tokens versus 1M.
Can I self-host either model?: DeepSeek V4 Pro is marked open-weights in our catalog. The other side is a closed API. Check the provider license before you ship weights.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Claude Opus 4.8 and DeepSeek V4 Pro Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Claude Opus 4.8 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro benchmark

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Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Claude Opus 4.8 (6)vsDeepSeek V4 Pro (4)

Claude Opus 4.8: 6W (60%)Overall: Claude Opus 4.8DeepSeek V4 Pro: 4W (40%)

← Claude Opus 4.8DeepSeek V4 Pro →

Claude Opus 4.8 (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,598vs1,536

Coding Elo

1,604vs1,544

SWE-bench

78.4%vs71.6%

LiveBench

73.6%vs70.1%

GPQA Diamond

86.2%vs84%

Claude Opus 4.8: 5WDeepSeek V4 Pro: 0W

Tied (1/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

66 tok/svs70 tok/s

Time to first token

330 msvs410 ms

Claude Opus 4.8: 1WDeepSeek V4 Pro: 1W

DeepSeek V4 Pro (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$25/1Mvs$0.87/1M

Input price

$5/1Mvs$0.44/1M

Context window

1Mvs1M

Claude Opus 4.8: 0WDeepSeek V4 Pro: 3W

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsClaude Opus 4.8

Higher SWE-bench (78.4%).

High-volume chatDeepSeek V4 Pro

Lower output list price ($0.87/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIClaude Opus 4.8

Lower TTFT (330 ms).

Long-document RAGDeepSeek V4 Pro

Larger window (1M).

Screenshots / visionClaude Opus 4.8

Claude Opus 4.8 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Claude Opus 4.8	Higher SWE-bench (78.4%).
High-volume chat	DeepSeek V4 Pro	Lower output list price ($0.87/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Claude Opus 4.8	Lower TTFT (330 ms).
Long-document RAG	DeepSeek V4 Pro	Larger window (1M).
Screenshots / vision	Claude Opus 4.8	Claude Opus 4.8 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Claude Opus 4.8 or DeepSeek V4 Pro?

Claude Opus 4.8 has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,598). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.

Which is better at coding, Claude Opus 4.8 or DeepSeek V4 Pro?

Claude Opus 4.8 leads SWE-bench at 78.4% vs 71.6%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

DeepSeek V4 Pro output tokens are $0.87/1M versus $25/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Claude Opus 4.8 or DeepSeek V4 Pro?

Claude Opus 4.8 has the lower time-to-first-token (330 ms vs 410 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.

Which has the larger context window?

DeepSeek V4 Pro accepts 1M tokens versus 1M.

Can I self-host either model?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is marked open-weights in our catalog. The other side is a closed API. Check the provider license before you ship weights.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Claude Opus 4.8 and DeepSeek V4 Pro Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Related Editorial Dispatches & Benchmark Notes

Keep Opus 4.8 on the board: a baseline, not a flagship

DeepSeek vs Claude: the cheap-versus-frontier question, remapped

DeepSeek V4 Pro: high reasoning density per dollar

DeepSeek R1 stays as the open-weights RL baseline

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Related Editorial Dispatches & Benchmark Notes

Keep Opus 4.8 on the board: a baseline, not a flagship

DeepSeek vs Claude: the cheap-versus-frontier question, remapped

DeepSeek V4 Pro: high reasoning density per dollar

DeepSeek R1 stays as the open-weights RL baseline

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