Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek-V2.5 leads with 9.2% higher average benchmark score. DeepSeek-V2.5 is available on 3 providers. Overall, DeepSeek-V2.5 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V2.5 was developed as an enhanced iteration of the DeepSeek-V2 architecture, designed to incorporate improvements in model quality and efficiency. Built to advance the DeepSeek foundation model series, it provides refined capabilities for general-purpose language understanding and generation tasks.
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B was created as a compact variant optimized by NVIDIA, designed to bring Llama 3.1 capabilities to more efficient deployments. Built with NVIDIA's efficiency optimizations, it serves applications requiring strong performance with reduced resource requirements.
10 months newer

DeepSeek-V2.5
DeepSeek
2024-05-08

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
NVIDIA
2025-03-18
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

DeepSeek-V2.5

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
2023-12-31
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek-V2.5
DeepInfra
DeepSeek
Hyperbolic

DeepSeek-V2.5

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

DeepSeek-V2.5

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1