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 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.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base is a language model developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2025, it represents Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team's latest advancement in AI technology.
9 months newer
DeepSeek VL2 Small
DeepSeek
2024-12-13
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-09-10
Average performance across 14 common benchmarks
DeepSeek VL2 Small
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
Available providers and their performance metrics
DeepSeek VL2 Small
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
DeepSeek VL2 Small
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base