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Claude Haiku 4.5 vs DeepSeek V3.2

DeepSeek V3.2 grades higher overall (59.2 against 57.0). DeepSeek V3.2 costs 86% less for the same work.

Claude Haiku 4.5

by Anthropic · #42 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
195K
Input / 1M
$1.00
Output / 1M
$5.00

DeepSeek V3.2

by DeepSeek · #40 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
160K
Input / 1M
$0.26
Output / 1M
$0.38

Better overall

DeepSeek V3.2

Grade 57.0 vs 59.2

Cheaper

DeepSeek V3.2

86% less, $0.29 vs $2.00 blended

Larger context

Claude Haiku 4.5

195K vs 160K tokens

SWE-bench Verified

Claude Haiku 4.5

73.3% vs 73.1%

Head to head

Public benchmarks. Longer is better; each value links to its source.

LMArena TextElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Claude Haiku 4.5Claude Haiku 4.5: 1,414
LMArena WebDevElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 13, 2026
Claude Haiku 4.5Claude Haiku 4.5: 1,330
LMArena CodingElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Claude Haiku 4.5Claude Haiku 4.5: 1,482
SWE-bench Verified% of issues resolved · SWE-bench · Dec 1, 2025 · reference
Terminal-Bench 2.0% of tasks passed · Terminal-Bench · Dec 1, 2025 · reference
Claude Haiku 4.5Claude Haiku 4.5: —

Claude Haiku 4.5DeepSeek V3.2v = reported by the model’s maker. — = no public score yet. Arena bars span the range across every model we grade.

What it costs you

Drag to match your monthly usage.

Claude Haiku 4.5$400 /month
DeepSeek V3.2$67.20 /month

DeepSeek V3.2 saves you $333 a month at this usage, $3,994 a year.

At a glance

AttributeClaude Haiku 4.5DeepSeek V3.2
Made byAnthropicDeepSeek
AvailabilityComing soonComing soon
Overall gradeStrong · 57.0Strong · 59.2
Overall rank#42 of 67#40 of 67
Input price$1.00 per 1M$0.26 per 1M
Output price$5.00 per 1M$0.38 per 1M
Context window200,000 tokens163,840 tokens
Reasoning levelsYesNo
Reads imagesYesNo
Model IDclaude-haiku-4-5deepseek-v3.2

Try both with one key

Same endpoint, same key, both hosted in the USA. Change one word to switch models, in Claude Code, Cursor, Cline or your own code.

Get your API key
# Ask either model the same thing
curl https://fullsendai.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FULLSEND_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"model": "claude-haiku-4-5", "messages": [...]}'

# …then swap one word
  -d '{"model": "deepseek-v3.2", "messages": [...]}'

Questions

Is Claude Haiku 4.5 or DeepSeek V3.2 better?

DeepSeek V3.2 grades 59.2 against 57.0 for Claude Haiku 4.5, from public benchmarks.

Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 4.5 or DeepSeek V3.2?

DeepSeek V3.2: $0.26 in and $0.38 out per million tokens, against $1.00 and $5.00 through FullsendAI.

Which has the larger context window?

Claude Haiku 4.5, with 200,000 tokens.

Can I use both with one API key?

Yes, once they launch: both are coming soon, at the prices shown, and both will use the same FullsendAI key.

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Scores: LMArena (CC BY 4.0), SWE-bench, Terminal-Bench, and model makers’ published results where marked v. Prices are FullsendAI’s, per million tokens. Data as of Oct 28, 2026.