Claude or DeepSeek
Claude is ahead of DeepSeek on Celsius score: 74 against 35 out of 100. Claude is ahead on performance and ethics, with a gap of less than 3 points on environment.
Gaps by category
- Performance
98
430out of 100100
Claude is ahead of DeepSeek on performance: 98 against 43 out of 100.
- Ethics
77
180out of 100100
Claude is ahead of DeepSeek on ethics: 77 against 18 out of 100. Largest gap: "Safety", Claude 83 against 8.
- Environment
47
450out of 100100
Environment score: Claude 47, DeepSeek 45 out of 100, a gap of 2 points; the method does not treat a gap of less than 3 points as significant. Largest gap: "Low-carbon electricity", Claude 33 against 17.
- Use
9.6 %
3.4 %0% of AI sites' web traffic60
Claude has 2.8 times more web traffic than DeepSeek: 9.6% against 3.4% of visits to AI sites. Among developers (OpenRouter): 5.7% for Claude, 29.8% for DeepSeek.
- Price
20 $
3.96 $0$ per million output tokens, API50
DeepSeek's API costs 5.1 times less for output: $3.96 against $20 per million tokens. Subscriptions: €21.60 (Claude) and free (DeepSeek).
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