Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
GPT-4.1 mini leads with 15.9% higher average benchmark score. GPT-4.1 mini offers 821.8K more tokens in context window than DeepSeek VL2. GPT-4.1 mini is $4807.50 cheaper per million tokens. Overall, GPT-4.1 mini is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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.
OpenAI
GPT-4.1 Mini was created as a smaller, more efficient variant of GPT-4.1, designed to provide strong capabilities with reduced computational requirements. Built to serve applications where speed and cost are priorities while maintaining solid performance, it extends the GPT-4.1 capabilities to resource-conscious deployments.
4 months newer

DeepSeek VL2
DeepSeek
2024-12-13

GPT-4.1 mini
OpenAI
2025-04-14
Cost per million tokens (USD)

DeepSeek VL2

GPT-4.1 mini
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

DeepSeek VL2

GPT-4.1 mini
GPT-4.1 mini
2024-05-31
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek VL2
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GPT-4.1 mini

DeepSeek VL2

GPT-4.1 mini

DeepSeek VL2

GPT-4.1 mini
OpenAI
ZeroEval