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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B vs Claude Opus 4

Claude Opus 4 comes out ahead, 64 to 47 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. DeepSeek

    DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B

    Released Jan 20, 2025

    47/100
    • ECI137.4
    • Price—
    • Context131K
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  2. Our pick

    Anthropic

    Claude Opus 4

    Released May 22, 2025

    64/100
    • ECI142.7
    • Price$15.00 / $75.00
    • Context200K
    Full specs Remove Claude Opus 4

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01 — Verdict

Claude Opus 4 is our pick

Claude Opus 4 is the better all-round choice, scoring 64/100 against DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B (47). It leads on capability, inputs & features and context window. The score weighs capability 67%, inputs & features 20%, context window 13%.

  • CapabilityClaude Opus 4Capabilities Index (ECI): Claude Opus 4 142.7 · DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B 137.4
  • Lowest priceClaude Opus 4Claude Opus 4 $30.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend) · DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B unpriced
  • Longest contextClaude Opus 4Claude Opus 4 200,000 · DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B 131,072 tokens
  • Widest inputsClaude Opus 4DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: Text · Claude Opus 4: Text, Images, PDFs
  • Self-hostingDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BPublishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BClaude Opus 4
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)67%6269
Inputs & features20%1070
Context window13%2432
Overall100%47/10064/100

Left out because at least one model lacks the data: price. The remaining weights were rescaled.

02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B vs Claude Opus 4 specifications side by side
SpecificationDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BDeepSeekClaude Opus 4Anthropic
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)137.4142.7 (best)
ECI rank#110 of 148#87 of 148 (best)
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions64.1%76.3% (best)
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics55.6%64.4% (best)
SWE-bench VerifiedFixing real GitHub issues—70.7%
Price per million tokens
Input—$15.00
Output—$75.00
Cached input——
Blended (3:1)—$30.00
Long-context rate—Same rate
Price source—Median of 5 providers
Limits
Context window131,072 tokens200,000 tokens (best)
Max output32,768 tokens (best)32,000 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesNoYes
PDFsNoYes
AudioNoNo
VideoNoNo
ReasoningYesYes
Tool callingNoYes
Structured outputNoNo
Availability
WeightsOpenProprietary
API model ID——
API providers—5
ReleasedJan 20, 2025May 22, 2025
Knowledge cutoff—Mar 31, 2025
03 — Cost

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  • DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B—
  • Claude Opus 4$300.00
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B or Claude Opus 4?

Claude Opus 4 is the better all-round choice, scoring 64/100 against DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B (47). It leads on capability, inputs & features and context window. The score weighs capability 67%, inputs & features 20%, context window 13%.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B or Claude Opus 4?

Claude Opus 4 is cheaper at $15.00 input / $75.00 output per million tokens (median across 5 API providers). . At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $30.00 per million tokens for Claude Opus 4 versus . DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B has no published per-token price.

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Claude Opus 4 scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Claude Opus 4 142.7 (#87 of 148) and DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B 137.4 (#110 of 148). Their confidence ranges do not overlap (140.2–144.2 vs 130.7–138.7), so the gap is a real one. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Claude Opus 4 76.3%, DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B 64.1%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Claude Opus 4 64.4%, DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B 55.6%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Claude Opus 4 leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. Note that DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.

Which has the bigger context window?

Claude Opus 4 has the largest context window at 200,000 tokens, against 131,072 for DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B. Maximum output per response: DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B up to 32,768, Claude Opus 4 up to 32,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B accepts text; Claude Opus 4 accepts text, images and PDFs. Claude Opus 4 handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Claude Opus 4 is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Claude Opus 4 is the newest, released May 22, 2025. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B came out Jan 20, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Claude Opus 4 Mar 31, 2025.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.

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