Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek VL2 Small leads with 24.9% higher average benchmark score. Overall, DeepSeek VL2 Small is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek VL2 Small is a multimodal language model developed by DeepSeek. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 69.6% across 14 benchmarks. It excels particularly in DocVQA (92.3%), ChartQA (84.5%), OCRBench (83.4%). As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2024, it represents DeepSeek's latest advancement in AI technology.
xAI
Grok-4 Heavy is a multimodal language model developed by xAI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 79.5% across 6 benchmarks. It excels particularly in AIME 2025 (100.0%), HMMT25 (96.7%), GPQA (88.4%). As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2025, it represents xAI's latest advancement in AI technology.
6 months newer
DeepSeek VL2 Small
DeepSeek
2024-12-13
Grok-4 Heavy
xAI
2025-07-09
Average performance across 20 common benchmarks
DeepSeek VL2 Small
Grok-4 Heavy
Grok-4 Heavy
2024-12-31
Available providers and their performance metrics
DeepSeek VL2 Small
Grok-4 Heavy
DeepSeek VL2 Small
Grok-4 Heavy