Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Llama 4 Scout leads with 9.4% higher average benchmark score. Llama 4 Scout is available on 6 providers. Overall, Llama 4 Scout is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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 4 Scout was created as an exploratory variant in the Llama 4 family, designed to investigate new architectures and optimization strategies. Built as part of Meta's commitment to advancing open-source AI, it serves as a testbed for innovations that may inform future model releases.
3 months newer

DeepSeek VL2 Small
DeepSeek
2024-12-13

Llama 4 Scout
Meta
2025-04-05
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

DeepSeek VL2 Small

Llama 4 Scout
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek VL2 Small

Llama 4 Scout
DeepInfra

DeepSeek VL2 Small

Llama 4 Scout

DeepSeek VL2 Small

Llama 4 Scout
Fireworks
Groq
Lambda
Novita
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