Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct supports multimodal inputs. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is available on 2 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp was introduced as an experimental release, designed to test new architectural innovations and training methodologies. Built to explore the boundaries of mixture-of-experts design, it serves as a research preview for techniques that may be incorporated into future stable releases.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5-VL 72B was created as the flagship vision-language model in the Qwen 2.5 series, designed to provide advanced multimodal understanding. Built with 72 billion parameters optimized for visual and textual reasoning, it represents Qwen's most capable offering for tasks requiring integrated image and language processing.
8 months newer

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-01-26

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp
DeepSeek
2025-09-29
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp
Novita
ZeroEval

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct