claude-opus-5 vs deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1
Side-by-side comparison of claude-opus-5 and deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1: benchmarks, pricing, context window and capabilities. Both are accessible through Requesty's unified API.
claude-opus-5
Input / 1M
$5.00
Output / 1M
$25.00
Context
1M
Model ID
anthropic/claude-opus-5
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1
Input / 1M
$0.85
Output / 1M
$2.50
Context
64K
Model ID
deepinfra/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1
Benchmark comparison
Intelligence Indexreasoning
claude-opus-544.2%
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1N/A
Scores sourced from official model cards, Artificial Analysis, and public leaderboards. Benchmarks measure specific skills and don't capture every aspect of model quality.
Pricing & specifications
| claude-opus-5 | deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Input price / 1M | $5.00 | $0.85 |
| Output price / 1M | $25.00 | $2.50 |
| Context window | 1M tokens | 64K tokens |
| Max output | 128K tokens | 8K tokens |
| Vision input | Yes | N/A |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Prompt caching | Yes | N/A |
| Computer use | Yes | N/A |
| Provider | Anthropic | DeepInfra |
Questions people ask
Is claude-opus-5 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-5 or deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1?
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 is cheaper. claude-opus-5 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-5 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-5" and "deepinfra/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1", no other code changes needed.
What are the context windows?
claude-opus-5 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.
Switch between claude-opus-5 and deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 with one line of code
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