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Claude Code vs DeepSeek Harness

Two first-party harnesses from opposite ends of the price list. Run your task and read the receipt.

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Artificial Analysis

Intelligence v4.3

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Not published
39.5
Claude CodeClaude Opus 5.5
DeepSeek HarnessDeepSeek V4.1 Flash (Reasoning, Max Effort)

These describe the model on its own, not the harness, the tools or the whole setup this page compares — and the lab runs each model at maximum effort, which is not what the composer above is set to. Scores are only comparable within one index version.

Source: Artificial Analysis — their published model index, taken 2026-09-16.

Claude Code vs DeepSeek Harness: models, pricing and features

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ConfigurationClaude CodeDeepSeek Harness
ModelClaude Opus 5.5DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Thinking levelHighNot configurable
CatalogClaude CodeClaude Opus 5.5· Not listedDeepSeek Harnessdeepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash
Input$ / 1M tokens—0.30
Output$ / 1M tokens—1.20
Context windowtokens—1.0M
Providers serving it—19

List price for the model alone. What a run from this page costs also depends on the harness, the tools it calls and how long it works.

Source: OpenRouter — the open model catalog, taken 2026-09-17. A dash is something they do not publish for that option.

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