Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek VL2 Small leads with 7.6% higher average benchmark score. Llama 4 Scout is available on 6 providers. 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.
Meta
Llama 4 Scout is a multimodal language model developed by Meta. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 67.3% across 12 benchmarks. It excels particularly in DocVQA (94.4%), MGSM (90.6%), ChartQA (88.8%). With a 20.0M token context window, it can handle extensive documents and complex multi-turn conversations. The model is available through 6 API providers. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2025, it represents Meta's latest advancement in AI technology.
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 22 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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