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-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-V3-0324 represents a specific release iteration of DeepSeek-V3, developed to incorporate ongoing improvements and refinements. Built to provide enhanced stability and performance based on deployment learnings, it continues the evolution of the DeepSeek-V3 architecture with iterative enhancements.
3 months newer

DeepSeek VL2 Small
DeepSeek
2024-12-13

DeepSeek-V3 0324
DeepSeek
2025-03-25
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek VL2 Small

DeepSeek-V3 0324
Novita

DeepSeek VL2 Small

DeepSeek-V3 0324

DeepSeek VL2 Small

DeepSeek-V3 0324