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 Reasoning Plus was created as an enhanced reasoning variant, designed to provide even deeper analytical capabilities within the Phi-4 family. Built to maximize reasoning quality while maintaining the efficiency benefits of small models, it represents the most capable reasoning-focused option in the Phi-4 series.
4 months newer

DeepSeek VL2 Small
DeepSeek
2024-12-13

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus
Microsoft
2025-04-30
Phi 4 Reasoning Plus
2025-03-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek VL2 Small

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

DeepSeek VL2 Small

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus