Claude Haiku 5.5 vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

Also compared as: haiku 5.5 vs deepseek v4.1 flash

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Claude Haiku 5.5 vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash in real side-by-side tests: 1 post from X where both got the same prompt; 1 post reports cost or time. Judge coding ability from the actual outputs.

Posts

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Same prompt, separate runs

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Not a controlled comparison: prompts, tools and time differ.

Summary

Claude Haiku 5.5 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash appear together in 1 post on X: lava lamp: small models (@bridgebench). It is part of larger lineups with other models. In @bridgebench's lava lamp: small models, Claude Haiku 5.5 was cheaper ($0.03 vs $0.04) and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash was faster (4 min vs 4.6 min), as reported in the post.

What each post reports

Claude Haiku 5.5 vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: cost, time and tokens as stated in each post
PostModelTimeCostTokensOriginal
Lava lamp: small models@bridgebenchDeepSeek V4.1 Flash4 min$0.04—X post
Lava lamp: small models@bridgebenchClaude Haiku 5.54.6 min$0.03—X post

Only numbers stated in each post. “—” means the post doesn’t say.

Prompts shown in the posts

build a lava lamp — @bridgebench

Models

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