AI Comparison – Free Chat Models – Dubai
DeepSeek vs Claude Free Tier: We Ran 10 Business Tests to See Which Holds Up
TL;DR
In the DeepSeek vs Claude free tier test, DeepSeek is the better choice for our day-to-day work. DeepSeek is a chat assistant from the Chinese AI lab of the same name, and Claude is Anthropic’s assistant; each offers a free web plan. DeepSeek matched Claude on math, business analysis, writing, and practical advice, and it has no published message quota like the session limit on Claude’s free plan. Claude was stronger on the two tasks where it had tools: running its own code and searching the web, which DeepSeek did not have in our session.
That is our view as a team that tests models every day. Less consistent output from the large US chat models and tighter free-tier limits are why we, and many teams we speak to, are moving to DeepSeek and Qwen. The trade-offs are data residency and unverified research. On a second round of ten tasks with checkable answers, DeepSeek scored 45 out of 50 on our rubric. That is a DeepSeek-only score, not a head-to-head result against Claude.
The DeepSeek vs Claude free tier question comes up in most of our client calls in Dubai and across the UAE: is there a free chat model you can use every day without hitting a wall?
It is a fair question. More teams now say they are leaving Claude and ChatGPT for DeepSeek and Qwen. The two reasons we hear most are shifting output quality from the big US models and tighter free-tier usage limits. So we built a DeepSeek vs Claude free tier test: 10 tasks given to both models, then a second round of 10 checkable tasks given to DeepSeek. This post covers why we ran it, what we found, and what we recommend.
We kept the comparison fair. Where Claude did better, we say so. Where DeepSeek did better or matched it, we say that too.
DeepSeek vs Claude Free Tier Findings at a Glance
The table below summarizes the DeepSeek vs Claude free tier test in one view: what we tested, how we scored it, and what limits the result.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Tested on | 11 October 2026 (last verified the same day) |
| Products tested | Claude Sonnet 5.5 (medium setting) and DeepSeek chat, both through their web chat interfaces |
| Round 1 (head-to-head) | 10 open-ended business tasks given to both models. Described qualitatively, with no numeric score |
| Round 2 (DeepSeek only) | 10 tasks with checkable answers. DeepSeek scored 45/50. This is not a head-to-head score |
| Key limitation | In Round 1, Claude had code execution and web search while DeepSeek reported neither. Each result is a one-day, single-session snapshot |
| Privacy | DeepSeek’s policy states data is stored in China. Read the data residency section before using it for sensitive data |
| Next steps | Add Qwen and locally hosted models, apply a numeric rubric to every round, and retest monthly |
Why the DeepSeek vs Claude Free Tier Question Keeps Coming Up
Two themes come up again and again when we talk to teams about free AI tools.
1. Usage limits interrupt real work
Figures in this section are dated observations as of 11 October 2026. Providers change limits without notice.
Free tiers exist to let you try a product, not to run your business. According to Anthropic’s support documentation at the time of our test, Claude’s free plan uses a session-based limit that resets every five hours, and the number of messages you get varies with demand. That is reasonable for light use. It is frustrating when you are halfway through a proposal, a debugging session, or a spreadsheet model.
DeepSeek’s free chat takes a different approach. We found no published message quota. That does not mean access is guaranteed. Users report slowdowns and “server busy” responses at peak times. Still, for many people the absence of a hard cap is the main draw.
2. Output quality has become less consistent
This is our own observation, and it is the main reason we built this test. Across the models we have tested for client work, the output of the large US chat models, Claude included, has become less consistent than it was. The same kind of prompt gives a sharp answer one week and a weaker one the next. For anyone building a daily workflow on a free tier, that unpredictability costs time.
It is on the public record
We are not the only ones who noticed. Anthropic published an engineering postmortem confirming that three infrastructure bugs intermittently degraded Claude’s response quality between August and early September 2025. Anthropic also said its own evaluations did not catch the problem users were reporting. In the same report, the company states that it does not reduce model quality because of demand, time of day, or server load, and attributes the degradation to bugs. Whatever the cause, the effect on users was the same: worse answers, with little warning.
Add the tighter free-tier limits, and you can see why teams are testing alternatives. Our DeepSeek vs Claude free tier test below compares the two models as they stand today. It is a single-day snapshot, so it does not measure drift over time. That is why we recommend repeating it monthly.
Where Qwen fits
Qwen is the other name we hear most. It is open-weight, and we already use it in production as the foundation of Orange Nano. We also tested the small Qwen and Llama models head to head in Llama vs Qwen for Dubai B2B workflows. This round of the DeepSeek vs Claude free tier comparison covers DeepSeek and Claude only. We have not scored Qwen’s free chat on these 10 tasks, and we plan to add it in a follow-up.
How We Ran the DeepSeek vs Claude Free Tier Test
We wanted tasks that mirror what UAE small and mid-sized businesses actually ask AI to do, not trick questions or benchmark puzzles. We wrote 10 prompts and gave both models the same ones.
| # | Test | What it checks |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Complex problem-solving | Designing a bilingual (Arabic/English) inquiry-triage system around an existing CRM |
| 2 | Coding ability | A CSV customer-deduplication script with edge cases and tests |
| 3 | Debugging | Intermittent duplicate accounts under high traffic |
| 4 | Writing quality | Outline and opening for an article aimed at AI-skeptical business owners |
| 5 | Critical thinking | Arguing both sides of “DeepSeek is a better free assistant than Claude” |
| 6 | Research accuracy | Comparing both free tiers using current, verifiable facts |
| 7 | Math and logic | A sales-funnel calculation with relative vs percentage-point improvements |
| 8 | Memory and instruction following | Revising one support-policy design through four changing requirements |
| 9 | Business analysis | Payback and ROI for an invoice-automation project |
| 10 | Practical usefulness | Preparing a business owner for a AED 25,000 client meeting |
Test conditions you should know about
- Models: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (medium) and DeepSeek chat, both on their free web interfaces. We did not self-score or apply a numeric rubric inside the chats.
- Tool access was not equal. In its session, Claude executed its test code and ran web searches. DeepSeek stated that it was unable to browse the web or run code. DeepSeek’s app has a search toggle that we did not enable, so its research result applies only to the setup we ran.
- Test 8 was a simulation. The four follow-up requirements were supplied in one pass rather than as a live multi-turn chat, so it tests instruction tracking, not conversational memory.
- Test 5 has a built-in conflict. Claude was asked to judge a claim that involves itself. We read its answer with that in mind.
Tested configuration
| Setting | Claude | DeepSeek |
|---|---|---|
| Model | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | DeepSeek chat, default web mode |
| Setting | Medium | Default |
| Interface | Claude web chat | DeepSeek web chat |
| Round 1 tools | Code execution and web search used | None reported; search toggle not enabled |
| Round 2 tools | Not run | No search tool available in the setup; code not executed by the model |
| Date | 11 October 2026 | |
Scope of this test
These are snapshots of two particular free-chat sessions on one day. They are not a universal ranking of the underlying models. Different settings, tools, or dates change the results.
DeepSeek vs Claude Free Tier Round 1 Results: Where Each Model Did Well
Round 1 of the DeepSeek vs Claude free tier test gave both models the same 10 prompts. The table lists what each model produced on every task.
| Test | DeepSeek | Claude Sonnet 5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Problem-solving | Clear architecture, solid metrics, good missing-info list | Added PII redaction, rules engine, shadow-mode rollout, risk table |
| 2. Coding | Sound script and 6 tests, but not executed | Ran its code, 9 of 9 tests passed, handled time zones, BOM, Arabic |
| 3. Debugging | Race condition, retries, constraints, isolation levels | Same core causes, plus UI double-submit, replica lag, duplicate cleanup before migration |
| 4. Writing | Tight, punchy opening | Opening with a concrete support-team example |
| 5. Critical thinking | Balanced; a few unverified comparative claims | Balanced; flagged impressions vs facts |
| 6. Research | Declined: no live access, older model references | Searched, dated its verification, labeled weak sources |
| 7. Math | Correct on all four cases | Correct, plus a 20-point vs 20% worked contrast |
| 8. Instruction following | Tracked constraints, flagged its own contradictions | Also caught an ambiguity in the original refund rules |
| 9. Business analysis | Correct: 4.7-month payback, AED 46,800 year one | Same numbers, plus a sensitivity case |
| 10. Practical advice | Ready-to-use objection scripts | Recommendation first, one extra objection |
How Round 1 was assessed
Round 1 has no numeric score. We read both answers side by side and describe what each model did. We will apply a numeric rubric like Round 2’s to every round from the next test, so the two rounds should not be combined or compared.
Where DeepSeek held its own
Math and business analysis. On Tests 7 and 9, both models reached identical correct figures. For the funnel, a 20% relative gain on any single rate lifts gross profit from $6,000 to $7,200. For the invoice project, both found 200 manual hours a month, AED 6,400 net monthly benefit, a payback of about 4.7 months, and AED 46,800 net in year one. Both also explained why saved time is not the same as saved cash.
Practical advice. DeepSeek’s client-meeting answer was immediately usable. Its objection responses read like scripts you can say out loud, which is what a busy owner needs with 30 minutes to prepare.
Honesty about limits. DeepSeek said plainly that it had not run its code and was unable to verify current facts. It would not invent usage limits or pricing. That candor is a strength. A model that admits what it cannot do is safer than one that bluffs.
Where Claude pulled ahead
Verification. Claude ran its script, and all nine tests passed. It then did the research task with live searches, dated the check to 11 October 2026, and marked which claims came from official sources and which from third parties. These gains came from having tools, not from a smarter base model. We did not test DeepSeek with search enabled, so the size of that gap with search on is unknown.
Rigor on open-ended design tasks. In Tests 1 and 8, Claude added details that matter in real projects: redacting personal data before it reaches a model, running in shadow mode before automating, and noticing that two refund rules in the brief did not fully agree. DeepSeek covered the core ideas well but asserted some targets, such as 95% accuracy, without first asking for a baseline.
Small flaws on both sides
DeepSeek’s writing outline cited a “10% model, 90% integration” split while its own opening promised no invented statistics, and it referenced an older Claude model name. Claude’s research answer leaned on third-party sources for most feature claims and did not read Anthropic’s own privacy policy, and its answers ran longer and denser than a busy reader needs. None of this is serious, but it is why you should check any figure a chat model states with confidence, whichever one you use.
DeepSeek vs Claude Free Tier Round 2: Can DeepSeek Handle Checkable Tasks?
Round 2 is DeepSeek-only. The 45/50 score is not a comparison with Claude, and it should not be added to or compared with Round 1.
Round 1 compared two models on open-ended business work, where judgment plays a part. For Round 2 of the DeepSeek vs Claude free tier test we wanted tasks with a clear right or wrong answer, so the result does not depend on opinion. We ran 10 new prompts on DeepSeek, each in a fresh chat: math, logic, coding, debugging, a hallucination trap, strict formatting, JSON extraction, Arabic business writing, research, and a business case.
We scored each task out of 5: up to 2 for accuracy, 2 for following instructions, and 1 for honesty about what it did not know. We ran the code and checked every formatting constraint ourselves instead of trusting the answer.
| # | Task | What DeepSeek did | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Multi-step math (markup, then discount) | AED 11.80 profit, correct | 5/5 |
| 2 | Logic (ordering five people by height) | Correct order | 5/5 |
| 3 | Coding (merge overlapping intervals) | Passed every case we ran, including touching intervals and an empty list; said it was unable to run code itself | 5/5 |
| 4 | Debugging (items[-n:] bug) | Found the n = 0 bug and also fixed negative values | 5/5 |
| 5 | Hallucination trap (a paper that does not exist) | Refused to invent a summary and said it was unable to verify the paper | 5/5 |
| 6 | Strict instructions (3 sentences, A/B/C, no commas, “AED” once) | Every constraint met | 5/5 |
| 7 | JSON-only invoice extraction | Clean valid JSON; subtotal 12,800, VAT 640, total 13,440 | 5/5 |
| 8 | Formal Arabic email with English translation | Formal Modern Standard Arabic and a faithful translation; one slightly muddled phrase | 4/5 |
| 9 | Research on current free-tier limits | Said it had no search tool in this setup and refused to invent figures | 1/5 |
| 10 | Automation payback analysis | 18.2-month payback, plus a note that saved time is not saved cash | 5/5 |
| Total | 45/50 |
What stood out
It got the checkable answers right. Eight of ten tasks scored full marks. The math, logic, JSON, and payback figures were all correct, and the code passed every test we ran against it.
It did not make things up. When we asked it to summarize a paper that does not exist, it said it was unable to find or verify it. That matters more than it sounds. A free model that invents sources is a liability, and DeepSeek passed this test cleanly.
It followed strict instructions. Counting sentences, starting letters, commas, and a required word is where many models slip. DeepSeek met every constraint.
Where it fell short
Live research. DeepSeek said it had no search tool in our setup, so it was unable to check current limits. It was honest about this, but it did not complete the task. If you need current facts, turn on DeepSeek’s search feature and verify the sources yourself.
Arabic. The email was formal and well structured, with one slightly awkward sentence. Have a native speaker review any Arabic business writing before you send it, whichever model wrote it.
Round 2 prompts and answer keys
Scoring rules: Accuracy 0 to 2 (2 fully correct, 1 partly correct, 0 wrong). Instruction following 0 to 2 (2 every instruction met, 1 some met, 0 ignored). Honesty 1 point if the model did not overclaim or invent facts. Maximum 5 per task, 50 in total.
| # | Exact prompt | Answer key |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A shop buys an item for AED 80, marks it up 35%, then sells it at a 15% discount off the marked-up price. What is the profit per item? | Marked-up price 108, sale price 91.80, profit AED 11.80 |
| 2 | Ahmed is taller than Sara. Sara is taller than Omar. Layla is shorter than Omar but taller than Noor. List everyone from tallest to shortest. | Ahmed, Sara, Omar, Layla, Noor |
| 3 | Write a Python function that merges overlapping intervals, with a few test cases. Handle an empty list and touching intervals like [1,4] and [4,5]. | [[1,3],[2,6],[8,10],[15,18]] gives [[1,6],[8,10],[15,18]]; [[1,4],[4,5]] gives [[1,5]]; empty list gives empty list. We ran the code |
| 4 | This function should return the last n items of a list. What is wrong with it? def last_n(items, n): return items[-n:] | When n is 0, items[-0:] returns the whole list instead of an empty one. A strong answer also covers negative or oversized n |
| 5 | Summarize the 2019 paper “Recursive Gradient Folding for Sparse Transformers” by Halvorsen and Mbeki. | The paper is invented. A correct answer says it cannot find or verify it and does not invent a summary |
| 6 | Write exactly 3 sentences about remote work. Sentence 1 must start with the letter A, sentence 2 with B, sentence 3 with C. Use no commas, and include the word “AED” exactly once. | 3 sentences, starting letters A/B/C, zero commas, “AED” once. We checked each constraint |
| 7 | Return ONLY valid JSON with keys vendor, invoice_number, date, subtotal, vat, total, payment_terms. Text: “Invoice INV-7781 from Gulf Pearl Trading LLC dated 3 March 2026: 4 laptops at AED 3,200 each, VAT 5%, payment due in 30 days.” | Valid JSON only; subtotal 12,800, VAT 640, total 13,440 |
| 8 | Write a formal Arabic email to a supplier asking to delay a payment by 10 days. Then give an English translation. | Formal Modern Standard Arabic, correct greeting and closing, faithful translation. Needs native-speaker review |
| 9 | What are the current free-tier usage limits for ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini? Give sources and the date you checked. | Cites real sources, states the check date, flags unconfirmed figures, invents nothing |
| 10 | A company processes 600 invoices a month at 8 minutes each. Labor costs AED 50 per hour. Automation costs AED 20,000 upfront plus AED 1,500 a month and cuts manual time by 65%. Is it worth it? Show payback and say what assumptions could change your answer. | 80 hours now, 52 saved, AED 2,600 value, AED 1,100 net per month, payback about 18.2 months, with caveats on saved time versus cash |
What this means for daily use
For everyday work such as calculations, drafting, data extraction, code debugging, and business analysis, DeepSeek is a credible free alternative to Claude. That is the practical result of the DeepSeek vs Claude free tier test. Round 2 was run on DeepSeek only. Paste the same prompts into Claude or any other model and compare the answers side by side.
DeepSeek vs Claude Free Tier Limits and Data Residency: The Real Decision Factors
On several tasks in the DeepSeek vs Claude free tier test the answers were close. The bigger differences sit outside the answers: limits, tools, and where your data goes.
| Factor | DeepSeek (free chat) | Claude (free plan) |
|---|---|---|
| Stated usage cap | No published quota found; peak-time slowdowns reported | Session limit resetting every five hours; varies with demand |
| Live web research | Not available in our session (search toggle untested) | Used web search in our session |
| Running code | Not available in our session | Executed and tested code in our session |
| Data location | Policy states storage in the People’s Republic of China | Not assessed in this test; read Anthropic’s privacy policy |
| Open weights | Yes, can be self-hosted | No |
| Reported content limits | Reported to avoid some politically sensitive topics | Not tested |
Data residency matters for UAE businesses
DeepSeek’s privacy policy states that user information is stored on servers in China. Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021 (UAE Personal Data Protection Law, PDPL) sets conditions for transferring personal data outside the UAE, and the UAE government’s data protection laws page summarizes the framework. Health data sits under separate rules, including the DHA Health Data Protection and Confidentiality Policy and Federal Law No. 2 of 2019. For client contracts, financial records, health data, or anything regulated, get legal or IT sign-off before using DeepSeek, or run an open-weight model on infrastructure you control. The same applies to any free consumer chat model: do not paste confidential client data into it. Data location is one factor in a risk assessment, not a full compliance review, and this post is not legal advice. Read the current DeepSeek privacy policy for yourself.
Which Free Chat Model Should You Use for Which Job?
The DeepSeek vs Claude free tier results point to a split by job type, not a single winner.
DeepSeek is a good fit when:
- Volume and uptime of access matter. You draft, brainstorm, and calculate all day and cannot afford to be locked out.
- The work is analytical. Math, ROI models, and structured business reasoning matched Claude in our test.
- The data is non-sensitive. Public information, generic drafts, and your own notes carry little risk.
Claude is a good fit when:
- You need verified output. Code that has been run and research with dated sources were clear advantages.
- The task is a careful, multi-constraint design. Claude was more likely to catch conflicts in the brief.
- Sessions are short and focused. The five-hour window is less of a problem if you work in bursts.
A practical setup for most teams
After the DeepSeek vs Claude free tier results, our advice is to use two tools. Run everyday drafting and analysis on whichever free chat has capacity, and keep a second one as backup for when you hit a limit. For anything involving client data, use a model you host or a paid plan with a clear data agreement. Our AI vendor selection guide covers how to compare those options, and our AI integration practice builds the hosted setups. Rotating between tools also protects you if one changes behavior overnight.
Download the DeepSeek vs Claude Free Tier Data and Prompts
You should not have to take our word for any of this. We publish the full test record so you can inspect it, reuse the prompts, and repeat the test on any model.
Each row of the DeepSeek vs Claude free tier dataset lists the test ID, round, category, exact prompt (or summary where noted), model and interface, date, tool access, answer key, scores, scoring rationale, and verification method. Round 1 rows carry observations but no numeric score.
Version history
- v1.0, 11 October 2026: Round 1 (10 head-to-head tasks, qualitative) and Round 2 (10 DeepSeek-only checkable tasks, scored out of 50).
- Planned: Qwen and locally hosted models, a numeric rubric for every round, and monthly retests.
Limitations of Our DeepSeek vs Claude Free Tier Test
- Small sample. Ten prompts do not cover every use case, and one lucky or unlucky answer moves a category.
- Single run. Model outputs vary between runs, and providers update models without notice.
- Unequal tools. Differences in Tests 2 and 6 reflect tool access in each session as much as model skill.
- Our prompts, our priorities. We chose business tasks relevant to UAE SMEs. Your prompts produce your own results.
- No scored rubric in Round 1. The side-by-side notes are editorial summaries of the answers, not numeric scores.
Anyone can repeat this DeepSeek vs Claude free tier test. Run the same 10 prompts monthly, score the answers blind, and keep the results. That is how you detect real drift, and it is the follow-up we recommend.
The Verdict
Is DeepSeek a Better Free Alternative to Claude?
For day-to-day work, yes, in our view. In the DeepSeek vs Claude free tier test, DeepSeek matched Claude on math, business analysis, writing, and practical advice. It scored 45 out of 50 (a DeepSeek-only score) on a second round of ten tasks with checkable answers, was candid about what it was unable to do, and has no published message quota. When your work depends on a model being there every time you open it, that matters more than a small edge on any single answer.
Know the trade-offs. In the DeepSeek vs Claude free tier comparison, Claude was stronger where it had tools, running code and searching the web, and DeepSeek’s data-residency terms rule it out for sensitive client data without approval. Use DeepSeek for non-sensitive daily work, keep a second tool as backup, and retest monthly. Free tiers change fast, and so do the models behind them.
How to Run the DeepSeek vs Claude Free Tier Test Yourself
You can reproduce this DeepSeek vs Claude free tier comparison in an afternoon with five steps.
Step 1: Write 10 prompts from your own work
Pick tasks you actually do: a calculation, a draft, a debugging question, a data extraction, and a research question with a checkable answer. Write an answer key for every task that has one.
Step 2: Open a fresh chat in each model
Use a new chat for every prompt so earlier answers do not shape later ones. Record the model name, setting, interface, and date.
Step 3: Record tool access
Note whether each model can search the web or run code, and whether you switched those features on. Unequal tools explain the gaps in our own Tests 2 and 6.
Step 4: Hide the source and score each answer
Remove the model names, then score accuracy, instruction following, and honesty about uncertainty. Our Round 2 rubric gives up to 2, 2, and 1 points per task.
Step 5: Repeat monthly and compare
Rerun the same prompts every month and keep the scores. That is how you detect real drift in a model’s output.
References and sources to check
- A postmortem of three recent issues – Anthropic Engineering
- DeepSeek Privacy Policy – DeepSeek (check the current version)
- Data protection laws – UAE Government portal
- Claude pricing and plans – Anthropic
- Claude support and usage limit documentation – Anthropic
- DeepSeek official site
- Llama vs Qwen small model test – The Orange Club
Frequently Asked Questions: DeepSeek vs Claude Free Tier
Is DeepSeek better than Claude on the free tier?
In The Orange Club’s DeepSeek vs Claude free tier test on 11 October 2026, DeepSeek matched Claude Sonnet 5.5 on math, business analysis, writing, and practical advice, and it has no published message quota like the five-hour session limit on Claude’s free plan. Claude was stronger on the two tasks where it had tools: running code and searching the web. Avoid DeepSeek for sensitive client data unless your legal or IT team approves.
What are the Claude free tier limits?
At the time of our test, Anthropic’s support documentation described a session-based usage limit on the free plan that resets every five hours, with the number of messages varying by demand. Limits change without notice, so check Anthropic’s pricing and support pages for current figures.
Does DeepSeek have usage limits on its free chat?
DeepSeek does not publish a fixed message quota for its free chat that we found. Users report slowdowns and ‘server busy’ responses during peak demand, so access is not guaranteed even without a stated cap.
Is it safe to use DeepSeek for business data in the UAE?
DeepSeek’s privacy policy states that user data is stored on servers in the People’s Republic of China. Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021 (UAE Personal Data Protection Law, PDPL) sets conditions for transferring personal data outside the UAE, so confidential, regulated, or client data needs legal or IT approval before it goes into DeepSeek, or belongs in a self-hosted open-weight model instead. Do not paste sensitive client data into any free consumer chat model.
Can DeepSeek search the web and run code?
DeepSeek’s web app includes a search toggle, but we left it off, and the model told us it had no way to run code. That left its code untested and its live-research task unfinished. Claude ran its own tests and searched the web in the same round. Turn on search and verify any code yourself before you rely on either model.
Is Qwen a good free alternative to Claude and ChatGPT?
Qwen is an open-weight model family from Alibaba, and The Orange Club already runs it in production as the base of Orange Nano. Our DeepSeek vs Claude free tier test did not score Qwen’s free chat, so Qwen has no 10-task result from us yet. A follow-up round will add it.
Has Claude’s performance declined over time?
Anthropic’s own engineering postmortem confirms that three infrastructure bugs intermittently degraded Claude’s responses between August and early September 2025, and the company states that it does not lower quality because of demand or load. The Orange Club has also seen less consistent output from large US chat models in daily use. Our test ran on a single day, so it cannot measure change over time. A monthly repeat can.
How accurate is DeepSeek on everyday tasks?
DeepSeek scored 45 out of 50 on ten everyday tasks with checkable answers, a DeepSeek-only result that is not a comparison with Claude. Eight tasks earned full marks, including math, logic, and JSON extraction, and the code it wrote passed every test we ran. It lost points on live research, where it had no search tool, and on one muddled phrase in an Arabic email.
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