Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek VL2 Small supports multimodal inputs. DeepSeek-R1-0528 is available on 3 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
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.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1-0528 represents a specific release iteration of the DeepSeek-R1 model, developed to incorporate refinements and improvements from ongoing training. Built to provide enhanced reasoning capabilities based on accumulated insights, it continues the evolution of DeepSeek's reasoning-focused architecture.
5 months newer

DeepSeek VL2 Small
DeepSeek
2024-12-13

DeepSeek-R1-0528
DeepSeek
2025-05-28
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek VL2 Small

DeepSeek-R1-0528
DeepInfra

DeepSeek VL2 Small

DeepSeek-R1-0528

DeepSeek VL2 Small

DeepSeek-R1-0528
DeepSeek
Novita