Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek-R1-0528 offers 3.6K more tokens in context window than DeepSeek VL2. DeepSeek-R1-0528 is $4806.85 cheaper per million tokens. DeepSeek VL2 supports multimodal inputs. DeepSeek-R1-0528 is available on 3 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-VL2 was developed as a vision-language model, designed to handle both visual and textual inputs for multimodal understanding tasks. Built to extend DeepSeek's capabilities beyond text-only processing, it enables applications requiring integrated analysis of images and language.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1-0528 represents a specific release iteration of the DeepSeek-R1 model, developed to incorporate refinements and improvements from ongoing training. Built to provide enhanced reasoning capabilities based on accumulated insights, it continues the evolution of DeepSeek's reasoning-focused architecture.
5 months newer

DeepSeek VL2
DeepSeek
2024-12-13

DeepSeek-R1-0528
DeepSeek
2025-05-28
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Context window and performance specifications
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