Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek VL2 leads with 2.8% higher average benchmark score. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B offers 798.2K more tokens in context window than DeepSeek VL2. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is $4809.13 cheaper per million tokens. 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.
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B was developed as an ultra-compact variant of Gemini 1.5 Flash, designed to deliver multimodal capabilities with minimal resource requirements. Built for deployment scenarios where efficiency is critical, it provides a lightweight option for applications requiring fast, cost-effective AI processing.
9 months newer

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
2024-03-15

DeepSeek VL2
DeepSeek
2024-12-13
Cost per million tokens (USD)

DeepSeek VL2

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

DeepSeek VL2

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
2024-10-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek VL2
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DeepSeek VL2

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B