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.
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 Instruct-0905 represents a specific release iteration of the K2 Instruct model, developed to incorporate refinements and improvements. Built to provide enhanced instruction-following based on deployment feedback, it continues the evolution of Moonshot's instruction-tuned offerings.
8 months newer

DeepSeek VL2 Small
DeepSeek
2024-12-13

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905
Moonshot AI
2025-09-05
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek VL2 Small

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905

DeepSeek VL2 Small

Kimi K2-Instruct-0905