Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek VL2 supports multimodal inputs. 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.
OpenAI
GPT-5 Codex was developed as a specialized variant of GPT-5 optimized for programming and software development tasks. Built to understand and generate code across multiple programming languages, it serves developers with enhanced capabilities for code completion, debugging, translation, and explanation of complex codebases.
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DeepSeek VL2
DeepSeek
2024-12-13

GPT-5 Codex
OpenAI
2025-09-15
Context window and performance specifications
GPT-5 Codex
2024-09-30
Available providers and their performance metrics

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