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


DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 and Claude Opus 5 are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.
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.
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.
| Attribute | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | Claude Opus 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $0.0509/M tokens | $5/M tokens |
| Output price | $0.1487/M tokens | $25/M tokens |
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Intelligence Index | Not available | Not available |
| Coding Index | 69.1 | 78.0 |
| Agentic Index | 41.0 | 56.5 |
| Latency (p50) | 0.62 s | 2.87 s |
| Throughput (p50) | 66.0 tok/s | 67.0 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.
Claude Opus 5 is faster on OpenRouter, generating a median 67.0 tokens per second compared with 66.0 tokens per second for DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731.
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.