Compare Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 (Anthropic) and DeepSeek: R1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5 | Anthropic | $3 / 1M tokens | $15 / 1M tokens | 1M | Tool callingJSON modeLong contextReasoning | coding agents, code review | 1600-4800ms | Catalog | OpenRouter if available |
| DeepSeek: R1deepseek/deepseek-r1 | DeepSeek | $0.7 / 1M tokens | $2.50 / 1M tokens | 163.8k | JSON modeLong contextReasoningStreaming | Chinese reasoning, math | 1800-6000ms | Catalog | OpenRouter if available |
FAQ
DeepSeek: R1 is cheaper ($0.7 / 1M tokens input / $2.50 / 1M tokens output) vs Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 ($3 / 1M tokens input / $15 / 1M tokens output). Actual cost depends on your input/output token mix — estimate it with the pricing calculator.
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 is larger (1M tokens) vs 163.8k tokens.
Both target Coding. Pick DeepSeek: R1 to optimize cost, or Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 for the longer context window. Test both on real prompts before committing production traffic.