DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 is 13.2× cheaper per million tokens (blended). Claude Opus 5 leads quality index by 5.2 points (93.4 vs 88.2). DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 has the larger context window (1,024,000 vs 1,000,000 tokens). DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 is open-weights; the other is not.
Claude Opus 5 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
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Claude Opus 5
Anthropic · anthropic__claude-opus-5
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423open
DeepSeek · deepseek__deepseek-v4-pro
Identity
| Field | anthropic__claude-opus-5 | deepseek__deepseek-v4-pro |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | DeepSeek |
| Slug | anthropic__claude-opus-5 | deepseek__deepseek-v4-pro |
| Status | live | live |
| Open weights | No | Yes |
| License | — | — |
| HuggingFace | — | deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Pro |
Quality
| Field | anthropic__claude-opus-5 | deepseek__deepseek-v4-pro |
|---|---|---|
| Quality index (0–100) | 93.4 | 88.2 |
Cost
| Field | anthropic__claude-opus-5 | deepseek__deepseek-v4-pro |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M tokens | $5.00 | $0.76 |
| Cached input $ / 1M | $0.50 | $0.06 |
| Output $ / 1M tokens | $25.00 | $1.52 |
Context
| Field | anthropic__claude-opus-5 | deepseek__deepseek-v4-pro |
|---|---|---|
| Max context tokens | 1,000,000 | 1,024,000 |
| Max output tokens | 128,000 | 384,000 |
Modalities
| Field | anthropic__claude-opus-5 | deepseek__deepseek-v4-pro |
|---|---|---|
| Input | text, image, file | text |
| Output | text | text |