Compare Claude Opus 4.6 (Anthropic) and DeepSeek-V4-Flash (DeepSeek) by price, context, capabilities, and latency.
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Compare price, provider, context, capabilities, latency, and source basis.
| Model | Provider | Input | Output | Context | Capabilities | Best for | Latency | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 4.6anthropic/claude-opus-4.6 | Anthropic | $5 / 1M tokens | $25 / 1M tokens | 1M | StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision | image understanding, multimodal chat | 2264-2919ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
| DeepSeek-V4-Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash | DeepSeek | $0.14 / 1M tokens | $0.28 / 1M tokens | 1M | StreamingTool callingJSON modeLong context | Chinese Q&A, general chat | 1548-6515ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
FAQ
DeepSeek-V4-Flash is cheaper ($0.14 / 1M tokens input / $0.28 / 1M tokens output) vs Claude Opus 4.6 ($5 / 1M tokens input / $25 / 1M tokens output). Actual cost depends on your input/output token mix — estimate it with the pricing calculator.
Both offer the same context window: 1M tokens.
Both target Long context. Pick DeepSeek-V4-Flash to optimize cost, or Claude Opus 4.6 for the longer context window. Test both on real prompts before committing production traffic.