Claude 3.5 Sonnet latest vs DeepSeek v3.2

Name: DeepSeek v3.2
Brand: Azure AI Foundry
Price: 0.580000 USD

Claude 3.5 Sonnet latest vs DeepSeek v3.2: DeepSeek v3.2 is cheaper by 87%. Claude 3.5 Sonnet latest from Anthropic (200,000-token context) vs. DeepSeek v3.2 from Azure AI Foundry (163,840-token context). Use Agent Command Center to A/B both in shadow mode and pick the winner per workload.

Side-by-side cost

Live workload comparison

Same workload run through both models. The cheaper one is highlighted.

Input tokens / request3,000

0200,000

Output tokens / request400

0163,840

Requests / day5,000

01,000,000

Claude 3.5 Sonnet latest

Anthropic

$2,283/mo

Input $3.00/M · Output $15.00/M

DeepSeek v3.2Cheaper

Azure AI Foundry

$367/mo

Input $0.580/M · Output $1.68/M

At this workload, DeepSeek v3.2 is 84% cheaper than Claude 3.5 Sonnet latest — a savings of $1,916/month ($22,989/year).

Production recipe — Agent Command Center

strategy: cost-optimized
primary:
  model: deepseek-v3-2
  provider: azure-ai-foundry
fallback:
  model: claude-3-5-sonnet-latest
  provider: anthropic
shadow: { sample_rate: 0.05 }   # mirror 5% of traffic to compare quality live

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	Claude 3.5 Sonnet latest Anthropic	DeepSeek v3.2 Azure AI Foundry
Input price	$3.00/M	$0.580/M
Output price	$15.00/M	$1.68/M
Context window	200,000	163,840
Max output	8,192	163,840
Function calling	✓	✓
Vision	✓	—
Audio input	—	—
Reasoning	—	✓
Prompt caching	✓	✓
Structured output	✓	—
Pricing verified	May 7, 2026	May 16, 2026