Compare Claude Sonnet 5.5 from Anthropic and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 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 Sonnet 5.5 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.
Claude Sonnet 5.5, from Anthropic, has a 1,000,000-token context window and is priced at $2/M tokens input, $10/M tokens output on OpenRouter.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, from DeepSeek, has a 1,048,576-token context window and is priced at $0.05/M tokens input, $1.20/M tokens output on OpenRouter.
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $2/M tokens | $0.05/M tokens |
| Output price | $10/M tokens | $1.20/M tokens |
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens |
| Intelligence Index | 56.0 | 39.5 |
| Coding Index | Not available | Not available |
| Agentic Index | Not available | Not available |
| Latency (p50) | 2.84 s | 0.97 s |
| Throughput (p50) | 104.0 tok/s | 180.0 tok/s |
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is cheaper than Claude Sonnet 5.5 on OpenRouter: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash costs $0.05/M tokens input and $1.20/M tokens output, while Claude Sonnet 5.5 costs $2/M tokens input and $10/M tokens output.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has the longer context window at 1,048,576 tokens, compared with 1,000,000 tokens for Claude Sonnet 5.5.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is faster on OpenRouter, generating a median 180.0 tokens per second compared with 104.0 tokens per second for Claude Sonnet 5.5.