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Claude Opus 4.5 vs DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
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Winner summary
Claude Opus 4.5 wins on 4/4 benchmarks
Claude Opus 4.5 wins 4 of 4 shared benchmarks. Leads in knowledge · math.
Category leads
knowledge·Claude Opus 4.5math·Claude Opus 4.5
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Claude Opus 4.5
#179 by perf·#9 by attention
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
#163 by perf·no signal
Best value
Claude Opus 4.5
Claude Opus 4.5
2.8 pts/$
$15.00/M
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
n/a
no price
Vendor risk
Mixed exposure
One or more vendors flagged
Anthropic
$965.0B·Tier 1
DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
Head to head
4 benchmarks · 2 models
Claude Opus 4.5DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
Balrog
Claude Opus 4.5 leads by +24.0
Balrog · benchmarks AI agents on text-based adventure games, testing language understanding, strategic planning, and long-horizon reasoning.
Claude Opus 4.5
43.5
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
19.5
Chess Puzzles
Claude Opus 4.5 leads by +7.4
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
Claude Opus 4.5
7.4
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
0.0
GPQA diamond
Claude Opus 4.5 leads by +29.2
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
Claude Opus 4.5
81.4
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
52.2
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
Claude Opus 4.5 leads by +30.6
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
Claude Opus 4.5
86.1
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
55.5
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.5 | DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B |
|---|---|---|
Balrog Balrog · benchmarks AI agents on text-based adventure games, testing language understanding, strategic planning, and long-horizon reasoning. | 43.5 | 19.5 |
Chess Puzzles Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities. | 7.4 | 0.0 |
GPQA diamond Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs. | 81.4 | 52.2 |
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills. | 86.1 | 55.5 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5.00 | $25.00 | 200K tokens (~100 books) | $100.00 | |
| — | — | — | — |
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