Claude 3 Opus vs DeepSeek V3
As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude 3 Opus leads DeepSeek V3 in 1 of 2 shared categories: General LLM.
Claude 3 Opus
#11 Best recorded rank: #11 in General LLM, as of Oct 15, 2026.
DeepSeek V3
It used to be. Was SOTA in General LLM.
| Category | Claude 3 Opus | DeepSeek V3 |
|---|---|---|
| General LLM | #11 · #11 in General LLM Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Sep 27, 2024 | #12 · #12 in General LLM Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Mar 17, 2025 |
| Reasoning | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 7, 2024 | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Feb 11, 2025 |
| Math | — | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Jan 22, 2025 |
| Science | #138 · #138 in Science Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Feb 29, 2024 | #114 · #114 in Science Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Dec 26, 2024 |
| Coding | — | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Mar 11, 2025 |
| Long context | — | #185 · #185 in Long context Margin 98.40425531914893 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Vision | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 9, 2026 | — |
| Factuality | #— · Not enough data Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Feb 29, 2024 | — |
Claude 3 Opus: price per 1M tokens is unset in the catalog.
DeepSeek V3: price per 1M tokens is unset in the catalog.
Claude 3 Opus: closed weights.
DeepSeek V3: open weights.
General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude 3 Opus leads DeepSeek V3 in General LLM at #11 against #12.
Science: As of Oct 15, 2026, DeepSeek V3 leads Claude 3 Opus in Science at #114 against #138.
Claude 3 Opus or DeepSeek V3?
As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude 3 Opus leads DeepSeek V3 in 1 of 2 shared categories: General LLM.
Claude 3 Opus or DeepSeek V3 for General LLM?
As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude 3 Opus leads DeepSeek V3 in General LLM at #11 against #12.
Claude 3 Opus or DeepSeek V3 for Science?
As of Oct 15, 2026, DeepSeek V3 leads Claude 3 Opus in Science at #114 against #138.