Axis Spatial

DeepSeek V4 Pro (high), Codex vs. Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low), Claude Code

DeepSeek V4 Pro (high), Codex against Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low), Claude Code: Geospatial Agent Index, each evaluation, cost, time and tokens, on the same tasks and limits. The harnesses differ, so part of any gap can come from the harness. Methodology.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Pro (high), Codex vs. Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low), Claude Code
MetricDeepSeek V4 Pro (high), CodexClaude Sonnet 5.5 (low), Claude Code
Geospatial Agent Index: Text only6269
Geospatial Agent Index: Text + visionNo image input71
Earth-Bench V2 score5756
GeoBenchX score6677
GS-QA2 scoreNo data76
Vision agents scoreNo image input78
GeoAgentBench score (Guided workflows; not in the Agent Index)No data94
GeoAnalystBench score (Guided workflows; not in the Agent Index)No data95
OGD4All score (standalone; in no index)No data96
GeoNatureAgent score (standalone; in no index)No data100
MultiGlobeQA score (standalone; in no index)No data77
GeoAgentEval score (standalone; in no index)No data100
Remote sensing and raster analysis score6269
GIS analysis score075
Climate and time series score4259
Spatial statistics score1738
Making maps score8584
Recognising infeasible requests score6580
Cost per task$0.64$0.043
Time per task (at 100 output tokens/s)4.9 min0.4 min
Tokens per attempt828k70k
Turns per attempt20.83.9
Input price per 1M tokens$1.32$2.00
Output price per 1M tokens$3.96$10.00
Context window1,048,5761,000,000
Image inputNoYes
DeveloperDeepSeekAnthropic

Charts

Not yet ranked. DeepSeek V4 Pro (high), Codex: no GS-QA2 score yet. Grey placeholders mark these entries in the index, cost and output token charts; their height is not a value. Bars appear once it has a score on every index evaluation. Results so far are in the side-by-side table.

Geospatial Agent Index

Equal average of Earth-Bench V2, GeoBenchX and GS-QA2, 0 to 100 · Higher is better

Geospatial Agent IndexScores 0 to 100: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low), Claude Code: 69; DeepSeek V4 Pro (high), Codex: Not yet ranked025507510069Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low)Not yetrankedDeepSeek V4 Pro (high)
Data table: Geospatial Agent Index
Geospatial Agent Index
ModelDeveloperGeospatial Agent Index
Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low), Claude CodeAnthropic69

Cost per task

Average cost per task (USD) · Lower is better

Cost per taskCost per task in US dollars: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low), Claude Code: $0.043; DeepSeek V4 Pro (high), Codex: Not yet ranked$0$0.015$0.03$0.045$0.06$0.043Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low)Not yetrankedDeepSeek V4 Pro (high)
How to read this chart

Not shown: not yet ranked. 1 entry: no GS-QA2 score yet. Every entry is on the models page.

Data table: Cost per task
Cost per task
ModelDeveloperCost per task
Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low), Claude CodeAnthropic$0.043

Output tokens per task

Average output tokens per attempt, reasoning included · Lower is better

Output tokens per taskOutput tokens per task: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low), Claude Code: 1k; DeepSeek V4 Pro (high), Codex: Not yet ranked05001k2k2k1kClaude Sonnet 5.5 (low)Not yetrankedDeepSeek V4 Pro (high)
How to read this chart

Not shown: not yet ranked. 1 entry: no GS-QA2 score yet. Every entry is on the models page.

Data table: Output tokens per task
Output tokens per task
ModelDeveloperOutput tokens per task
Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low), Claude CodeAnthropic1k

Frequently asked questions

Which scores higher on the Geospatial Agent Index, DeepSeek V4 Pro (high), Codex or Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low), Claude Code?
Not comparable yet: DeepSeek V4 Pro (high), Codex is not yet ranked (no GS-QA2 score yet).
Which is cheaper per task, DeepSeek V4 Pro (high), Codex or Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low), Claude Code?
Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low), Claude Code, $0.043 to $0.64.
Which writes fewer output tokens per task, DeepSeek V4 Pro (high), Codex or Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low), Claude Code?
Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low), Claude Code, 1k to 16k.
Which has the larger context window, DeepSeek V4 Pro (high), Codex or Claude Sonnet 5.5 (low), Claude Code?
DeepSeek V4 Pro (high), Codex, 1,048,576 tokens to 1,000,000 tokens.

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