Claude Sonnet 5 vs DeepSeek-V3.2
Side-by-side specs, pricing and capabilities. Both models run on Clade under one subscription, so you can switch between them in the same conversation.
Claude Sonnet 5 comes from Anthropic and DeepSeek-V3.2 from DeepSeek. The practical difference for most people is context, price, and which input types each one accepts.
Claude Sonnet 5 holds more in a single conversation — 1M tokens against 128K — which matters for long documents and large codebases.
DeepSeek-V3.2 is the cheaper of the two on input tokens at $0.03 / 1M tokens.
| Specification | Claude Sonnet 5 | DeepSeek-V3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | DeepSeek |
| Model ID | claude-sonnet-5 | deepseek-chat |
| Context window | 1M | 128K |
| Max output | 128K | 8K |
| Input price | $10.00 / 1M tokens | $0.03 / 1M tokens |
| Output price | $2.00 / 1M tokens | $0.42 / 1M tokens |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — |
| Input types | text, image, file, audio | text |
| Output types | text | text |
| Plan | Free | Free |
Which should you use?
Pick Claude Sonnet 5 when…
- You need the larger context window — 1M against 128K.
- You want longer single responses — up to 128K output tokens.
- You need image and file and audio input, which the other model does not accept.
Pick DeepSeek-V3.2 when…
- Cost matters: input runs at $0.03 / 1M tokens versus $10.00 / 1M tokens.
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