Data points: 56
The readout for Claude Opus 4.6 and DeepSeek Reasoner, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Decision read
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.6 currently has the stronger profile, with verified wins split 5 to 1.
Evidence depth
56 data points
Includes 0 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 9 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with Claude Opus 4.6
The charts below split 9 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
Model compare Claude Opus 4.6 vs DeepSeek Reasonerclaude-opus-4-6-vs-deepseek-reasoner | Model A Claude Opus 4.6 | Model B DeepSeek Reasoner |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Leading | Contender |
| Verified metric wins | 5 wins | 1 wins |
| Where it leads | Average speed, First-token latency, Free providers, Provider coverage, Recent tests | Cheapest input price |
| Model metadata | Claude Opus 4.6 exposes 1M tokens; notable signals: Text input, Image input, File input, Text output. | No OpenRouter metadata is available yet for this model. |
| Developer | Anthropic | DeepSeek |
| Context window | 1M tokens | No data |
| Max output | 128K tokens | No data |
| Released | Apr 2026 | No data |
| Modalities | Input TextImageFile Output Text | No data |
| Features | Text inputImage inputFile inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning | None listed |
| Parameters | No data | No data |
| Tokenizer | Claude | No data |
| Knowledge cutoff | No data | No data |
| OpenRouter ID | anthropic/claude-opus-4.6-fast | No data |
| References | No data | No data |
Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.
| Metric | Claude Opus 4.6 | DeepSeek Reasoner |
|---|---|---|
| No shared benchmark metrics are available yet. | ||
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | Claude Opus 4.6 | DeepSeek Reasoner |
|---|---|---|
| No completed audits are available from shared providers yet. | ||
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
| Provider | Claude Opus 4.6 | DeepSeek Reasoner |
|---|---|---|
EasyMore5 tests | Claude Opus 4.6 speed / latency 27 tok/s / 15402ms input / output No data | DeepSeek Reasoner speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
N1N5 tests | Claude Opus 4.6 speed / latency 46 tok/s / 2559ms input / output No data | DeepSeek Reasoner speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
ZenMux5 tests | Claude Opus 4.6 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | DeepSeek Reasoner speed / latency 30 tok/s / 7017ms input / output No data |
一点通5 tests | Claude Opus 4.6 speed / latency 37 tok/s / 3085ms input / output No data | DeepSeek Reasoner speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
哈基米API站5 tests | Claude Opus 4.6 speed / latency 113 tok/s / 2192ms input / output No data | DeepSeek Reasoner speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
Claude Opus 4.6 claude-opus-4.6 speed / latency No data input / output $0/M / $0/M | DeepSeek Reasoner deepseek-reasoner-search speed / latency No data input / output $75.00/M / $75.00/M | |
Claude Opus 4.6 claude-opus-4-6-thinking speed / latency No data input / output $0.342/M / $1.71/M | DeepSeek Reasoner deepseek-reasoner speed / latency No data input / output $0.038/M / $0.115/M | |
Claude Opus 4.6 claude-opus-4-6 speed / latency No data input / output $1.78/M / $8.90/M | DeepSeek Reasoner deepseek-reasoner speed / latency No data input / output $0.050/M / $0.100/M | |
Claude Opus 4.6 claude-opus-4-6-20260206 speed / latency No data input / output $0.050/M / $0.050/M | DeepSeek Reasoner deepseek-reasoner speed / latency No data input / output $0.400/M / $0.800/M |
This report only uses LMSpeed data for Claude Opus 4.6 and DeepSeek Reasoner: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Guidance | Claude Opus 4.6 | DeepSeek Reasoner |
|---|---|---|
| When to choose each model | Claude Opus 4.6 Claude Opus 4.6 is stronger when you prioritize Average speed, First-token latency, Free providers, Provider coverage, Recent tests. | DeepSeek Reasoner DeepSeek Reasoner is stronger when you prioritize Cheapest input price. |
TL;DR: Claude Opus 4.6 leads across 56 verifiable data points, including pricing, speed, latency, benchmarks, and provider examples.
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Rankings are based on community-submitted tests and periodic health probes. Advisory only, not official data.
