Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Llama 3.2 11B Instruct is available on 6 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 3.2 11B was introduced as a mid-sized variant in the Llama 3.2 family, designed to offer enhanced capabilities while maintaining efficiency. Built to provide a balanced option for applications requiring more than lightweight models but less than flagship sizes, it serves diverse use cases in the open-source community.
2 months newer

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct
Meta
2024-09-25

DeepSeek VL2 Small
DeepSeek
2024-12-13
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 5 common benchmarks

DeepSeek VL2 Small

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct
Llama 3.2 11B Instruct
2023-12-31
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek VL2 Small

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct
Bedrock

DeepSeek VL2 Small

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct

DeepSeek VL2 Small

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Groq
Sambanova
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