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Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest vs DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest

DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.

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CapabilityAnthropic Claude Sonnet LatestDeepSeek V4 Flash LatestWinner
Context window
Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request.
1M1.0M🏆 DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest
Input price (per 1M)
Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider.
$2.00$0.09🏆 DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest
Output price (per 1M)
Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider.
$10.00$0.18🏆 DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest
Tool / function calling
First-class support for emitting structured tool calls.
YesYesTie
Vision input
Accepts image inputs alongside text.
Yes🏆 Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest
Reasoning mode
Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support.
YesYesTie

Frequently asked questions

Is Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest better than DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest?

DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.

What's the price difference between Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest and DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest?

Input: $2.00 vs $0.09 per 1M tokens. Output: $10.00 vs $0.18 per 1M tokens.

What context windows do Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest and DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest support?

Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest supports up to 1M tokens. DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest supports up to 1.0M tokens.

Do both Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest and DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest support tool calling?

Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest: yes. DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest: yes.

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