Compare Claude Opus 5 from Anthropic and DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 from DeepSeek on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the OpenRouter API.


Claude Opus 5 and DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.
Claude Opus 5, from Anthropic, has a 1,000,000-token context window and is priced at $5/M tokens input, $25/M tokens output on OpenRouter.
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731, from DeepSeek, has a 1,048,576-token context window and is priced at $0.0509/M tokens input, $0.1487/M tokens output on OpenRouter.
| Attribute | Claude Opus 5 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $5/M tokens | $0.0509/M tokens |
| Output price | $25/M tokens | $0.1487/M tokens |
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens |
| Intelligence Index | Not available | Not available |
| Coding Index | 78.0 | 69.1 |
| Agentic Index | 56.5 | 41.0 |
| Latency (p50) | 3.43 s | 0.58 s |
| Throughput (p50) | 60.0 tok/s | 63.0 tok/s |
Benchmark data updated
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 is cheaper than Claude Opus 5 on OpenRouter: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 costs $0.0509/M tokens input and $0.1487/M tokens output, while Claude Opus 5 costs $5/M tokens input and $25/M tokens output.
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 has the longer context window at 1,048,576 tokens, compared with 1,000,000 tokens for Claude Opus 5.
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 is faster on OpenRouter, generating a median 63.0 tokens per second compared with 60.0 tokens per second for Claude Opus 5.
Claude Opus 5 scores higher on coding, with an Artificial Analysis Coding Index of 78.0 compared with 69.1 for DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731.