Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek VL2 Small supports multimodal inputs. Llama 3.1 70B Instruct is available on 9 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.
Meta
Llama 3.1 70B was created as a balanced open-source model, designed to provide strong performance with 70 billion parameters while remaining practical for many deployment scenarios. Built to serve as a versatile foundation for fine-tuning and application development, it combines capability with accessibility in the open-source ecosystem.
4 months newer

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23

DeepSeek VL2 Small
DeepSeek
2024-12-13
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek VL2 Small

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Bedrock

DeepSeek VL2 Small

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

DeepSeek VL2 Small

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
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