# Claude Opus 4.6 vs DeepSeek R1

As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.6 leads DeepSeek R1 in 4 of 4 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Science, and Long context.

Claude Opus 4.6: $10 per 1M blended tokens.

DeepSeek R1: $1.15 per 1M blended tokens.

Claude Opus 4.6: closed weights.

DeepSeek R1: open weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.6 leads DeepSeek R1 in General LLM at #4 against #153.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.6 leads DeepSeek R1 in Reasoning at #2 against #151.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.6 leads DeepSeek R1 in Science at #32 against #90.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.6 leads DeepSeek R1 in Long context at #2 against #160.

As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.6 is near state of the art, rank #2 in Reasoning (since Oct 15, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, hard prompts); methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 15, 2026, DeepSeek R1 is a former state-of-the-art holder in General LLM (since Jan 28, 2025; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).