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DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Claude Opus 4.8
Of the 5 public leaderboards that rate both, DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher on 2 and Claude Opus 4.8 on 3. On the ArtificialWatch Index, which takes the median of each model's percentile across the boards that score it, DeepSeek V4 Pro is at 37.1 and Claude Opus 4.8 at 47.8 (out of 100).
Scores as published by each board; table composed September 24, 2026.
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Leaderboard by leaderboard
| Board | DeepSeek V4 Pro | Claude Opus 4.8 | Higher |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Elo (community votes) | 1,580.5 | 1,555.2 | DeepSeek V4 Pro |
| LiveBench global average (0-100) | 77.4 | 76.2 | DeepSeek V4 Pro |
| SimpleBench AVG@5 % (private set) | 50.9 | 64.8 | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| Vals AI Vals Index accuracy % · weighted finance + coding tasks | 52.4 | 60.9 | Claude Opus 4.8 |
| Artificial Analysis intelligence index · measured runs only | 36 | 41.8 | Claude Opus 4.8 |
Raw scores are each board's own scale, so compare within a row, not across rows. Full table: the bench index.
DeepSeek V4 Pro at a glance
- Developer
- DeepSeek
- Status
- Live since April 24, 2026
- API price
- $0.435 input / $0.87 output per 1M tokens · DeepSeek, deepseek-v4-pro
- Context window
- 1M tokens
Live · open weights · superseded by V4.1 Flash — per DeepSeek's own changelog rather than our own reading, deepseek-v4-flash routes to V4.1 Flash; the matching deepseek-v4-pro cutover set for 04:00 UTC Sep 14 was reversed on its eve and V4 Pro is still served at unchanged billing, which is search-grade too — but our own bench refresh still scored deepseek-v4-pro-0813 as a separate model on Sep 16 · our sweep read the bare deepseek-flash alias on Sep 10 at $0.15/$0.60 per 1M, 1M ctx.
DeepSeek V4-Pro lands at $0.435/$0.87 — and "model names remain unchanged" hides a 2.7x price fork
2026-08-13 · DeepSeek launched V4-Pro today on app, web and API. The headline features are agent upgrades, selectable reasoning effort across V4-Pro and V4-Flash, and native OpenAI Responses API support optimised for Codex. The line worth reading twice is the quiet one: "Model names remain unchanged."
Claude Opus 4.8 at a glance
- Developer
- Anthropic
- Status
- Live since May 27, 2026
- API price
- $5 input / $25 output per 1M tokens · Anthropic, claude-opus-4-8
- Context window
- 1M tokens
Live.
DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Claude Opus 4.8: quick answers
Which is better, DeepSeek V4 Pro or Claude Opus 4.8?
It depends on what you measure. Of the 5 public leaderboards that rate both, DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher on 2 and Claude Opus 4.8 on 3. DeepSeek V4 Pro's widest lead is on LiveBench; Claude Opus 4.8's widest lead is on Vals AI. On the ArtificialWatch Index, which takes the median of each model's percentile across the boards that score it, DeepSeek V4 Pro is at 37.1 and Claude Opus 4.8 at 47.8 (out of 100).
Which is newer, DeepSeek V4 Pro or Claude Opus 4.8?
Claude Opus 4.8. It went live on May 27, 2026, 33 days after DeepSeek V4 Pro (April 24, 2026).
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Pro or Claude Opus 4.8?
DeepSeek V4 Pro is cheaper on both input and output. On each vendor's own API, DeepSeek V4 Pro is $0.435 input / $0.87 output per million tokens and Claude Opus 4.8 is $5 input / $25 output per million tokens. Prices as published in the models.dev catalog, as of 2026-09-24.
Which has the bigger context window, DeepSeek V4 Pro or Claude Opus 4.8?
Neither. Both take 1M tokens.
Who makes DeepSeek V4 Pro and Claude Opus 4.8?
DeepSeek V4 Pro is from DeepSeek; Claude Opus 4.8 is from Anthropic.
Where do these numbers come from?
Each score is the leaderboard's own published figure, read by ArtificialWatch (table composed September 24, 2026). Boards measure different things, so raw scores are only comparable within a row.
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