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.
Microsoft
Phi-3.5 Mini was developed by Microsoft as a small language model designed to deliver impressive performance despite its compact size. Built with efficiency in mind, it demonstrates that capable language understanding and generation can be achieved with fewer parameters, making AI more accessible for edge and resource-constrained deployments.
3 months newer

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct
Microsoft
2024-08-23

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

DeepSeek VL2 Small

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct
Azure

DeepSeek VL2 Small

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

DeepSeek VL2 Small

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct