Claude Opus 4.8 vs DeepSeek R1
How Claude Opus 4.8 (Anthropic) and DeepSeek R1 (DeepSeek) compare on price and capabilities — and how to use either on anyAInow without a subscription.
Claude Opus 4.8
Flagship
DeepSeek R1
Reasoning
Provider
Anthropic
DeepSeek
Best for
Flagship
Reasoning
Reads images
Yes
No
GPQA Diamond
93.6%
81%
SWE-Bench Verified
88.6%
44.6%
MMLU-Pro
—
85%
Price
from $40 / 1M
from $10 / 1M
Subscription
None
None
Benchmark source: llm-stats.com, as of 28 Jun 2026. Higher is better; figures are publisher-reported where not independently verified.
Claude Opus 4.8 or DeepSeek R1?
Claude Opus 4.8 is a flagship-tier model, while DeepSeek R1 is reasoning-tier. DeepSeek R1 is the more cost-efficient of the two. Claude Opus 4.8 can also read image inputs, while DeepSeek R1 is text-only. On the GPQA Diamond reasoning benchmark, Claude Opus 4.8 leads 93.6% to 81%. On anyAInow you can use either — or run both side by side to see which answers your prompts better — pay-as-you-go with no subscription.