Models

Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs DeepSeek V4 Flash

Compare Claude 3.7 Sonnet from Anthropic and DeepSeek V4 Flash from DeepSeek on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

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Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Anthropic · text, image → text

Support for the thinking parameter through the original Claude SDK.

Input$3 /M
Output$15 /M
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DeepSeek V4 Flash
DeepSeek · text → text

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 is DeepSeek's efficiency-optimized Mixture-of-Experts text model, designed for fast inference and workflows requiring tool use, function calling, and structured outputs. It features 284B total parameters with 13B activated parameters and supports a 1M-token context window with cost-effective pricing.

Input$0.464 /M
Output$0.928 /M
Cache read$0.0039 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Input /M
$3
$0.464
Output /M
$15
$0.928
Cache read /M
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$0.0039
Context length
NaN
1,000,000
Max output
0
0
Time to First Token
0.6 s
0.7 s
Throughput
57.3 tok/s
59.0 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
text
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
toolsfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
Released
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Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

Text
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1280134014001460
Overall
12991431
Coding
13391452
Math
13181428
Instruction following
13251420
Longer query
13551435
Chinese
12991467
English
13111439

Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.

Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

DeepSeek V4 Flash
$41.76 /mo
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
$405 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Claude 3.7 Sonnet, DeepSeek V4 Flash?

DeepSeek V4 Flash: $0.928/M output tokens; Claude 3.7 Sonnet: $15/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 1452; Claude 3.7 Sonnet: 1339 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

Claude 3.7 Sonnet: 0.6s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.

Which one generates tokens faster?

DeepSeek V4 Flash at 59.0 tok/s and Claude 3.7 Sonnet at 57.3 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Claude 3.7 Sonnet accepts text and image input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs; DeepSeek V4 Flash accepts text input and supports tool calling, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call Claude 3.7 Sonnet and DeepSeek V4 Flash with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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