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-4 Mini Reasoning was developed to incorporate extended thinking capabilities into the ultra-compact Phi-4 Mini architecture. Built to demonstrate that reasoning enhancements can be applied even to very small models, it brings analytical depth to resource-constrained environments.
4 months newer

DeepSeek VL2 Small
DeepSeek
2024-12-13

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning
Microsoft
2025-04-30
Phi 4 Mini Reasoning
2025-02-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek VL2 Small

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

DeepSeek VL2 Small

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning