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claude-opus-4-6 vs deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1

Side-by-side comparison of claude-opus-4-6 and deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1: benchmarks, pricing, context window and capabilities. Both are accessible through Requesty's unified API.

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Anthropic
claude-opus-4-6
Input / 1M
$5.00
Output / 1M
$25.00
Context
1M
Model ID
anthropic/claude-opus-4-6
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DeepInfra
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1
Input / 1M
$0.85
Output / 1M
$2.50
Context
64K
Model ID
deepinfra/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1

Pricing & specifications

claude-opus-4-6deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1
Input price / 1M$5.00$0.85
Output price / 1M$25.00$2.50
Context window1M tokens64K tokens
Max output128K tokens8K tokens
Vision inputYesN/A
Tool callingYesYes
ReasoningYesYes
Prompt cachingYesN/A
Computer useYesN/A
ProviderAnthropicDeepInfra

Questions people ask

Is claude-opus-4-6 better than deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1?
Benchmark data is limited for one or both models. Compare pricing and capabilities in the tables above, and test both on your own workload.
Which is cheaper, claude-opus-4-6 or deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1?
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 is cheaper. claude-opus-4-6 costs $5.00/$25.00 per 1M input/output tokens, while deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 costs $0.85/$2.50.
Can I use claude-opus-4-6 and deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 through the same API?
Yes. Requesty provides a single OpenAI-compatible API that routes to both. Change just the "model" parameter to switch between "anthropic/claude-opus-4-6" and "deepinfra/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1", no other code changes needed.
What are the context windows?
claude-opus-4-6 supports up to 1M tokens of context. deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 supports up to 64K tokens. Longer context means you can feed larger documents or codebases in a single prompt, though quality often degrades past 128K for most models.

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