Claude Instant vs DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
Anthropic vs DeepSeek — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale has the higher intelligence index (89.9 vs 28.4)
- •Claude Instant is cheaper ($0.00 vs $0.29 per 1M input)
| Claude Instant | DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 28.4 | 89.9 |
| Developer | Anthropic | DeepSeek |
| Type | LLM | LLM |
| Access | — | Open weights |
| Context window | — | 163,840 tokens |
| Input price | $0.00 / 1M | $0.29 / 1M |
| Output price | $0.00 / 1M | $0.43 / 1M |
| Speed | — | — |
| Released | March 14, 2023 | December 1, 2025 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | — | Text |
| Output modalities | — | Text |
Shared benchmarks
Claude Instant
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
GPQA Diamond
33
87.1
Humanity’s Last Exam
3.8
26.1
LiveCodeBench
10.9
89.6
MMLU-Pro
43.4
86.3