Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek VL2 Small supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B was created through distillation into an ultra-compact Qwen architecture, designed to enable reasoning capabilities on resource-constrained devices. Built with just 1.5 billion parameters, it brings advanced analytical techniques to edge computing and mobile scenarios.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-VL2-Small was created as a compact vision-language variant, designed to bring multimodal capabilities to applications with limited computational resources. Built to provide visual and textual understanding in a more efficient package, it serves use cases requiring practical deployment of vision-language AI.
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DeepSeek VL2 Small
DeepSeek
2024-12-13

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B
DeepSeek
2025-01-20
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DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

DeepSeek VL2 Small

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

DeepSeek VL2 Small