Model Comparison

Comprehensive side-by-side analysis of model capabilities and performance

DeepSeek

DeepSeek VL2

DeepSeek

DeepSeek VL2 is a multimodal language model developed by DeepSeek. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 70.9% across 14 benchmarks. It excels particularly in DocVQA (93.3%), ChartQA (86.0%), TextVQA (84.2%). The model shows particular specialization in vision tasks with an average performance of 76.7%. It supports a 259K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 1 API provider. 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.

xAI

Grok-3

xAI

Grok-3 is a multimodal language model developed by xAI. This model demonstrates exceptional performance with an average score of 85.7% across 5 benchmarks. It excels particularly in AIME 2024 (93.3%), AIME 2025 (93.3%), GPQA (84.6%). The model shows particular specialization in general tasks with an average performance of 90.4%. It supports a 136K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 1 API provider. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2025, it represents xAI's latest advancement in AI technology.

DeepSeek

DeepSeek VL2

DeepSeek

2024-12-13

xAI

Grok-3

xAI

2025-02-17

2 months newer

Pricing Comparison

Cost per million tokens (USD)

DeepSeek

DeepSeek VL2

Input:$9.50
Output:$4800.00
xAI

Grok-3

$4791.50 cheaper
Input:$3.00
Output:$15.00

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

DeepSeek

DeepSeek VL2

Larger context
Max Context:258.6K
Parameters:27.0B
xAI

Grok-3

Max Context:136.0K

Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

DeepSeek

DeepSeek VL2

Average Score:51.1%
xAI

Grok-3

+26.9%
Average Score:78.0%

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

DeepSeek

DeepSeek VL2

general
69.9%
vision
76.7%
xAI

Grok-3

general
+20.5%
90.4%
vision
+1.3%
78.0%
Benchmark Scores - Detailed View
Side-by-side comparison of all benchmark scores
Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison

Grok-3

2024-11-17

More recent knowledge cutoff means awareness of newer technologies and frameworks

Provider Availability & Performance

Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek

DeepSeek VL2

1 providers

Replicate

Throughput: 22 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms
xAI

Grok-3

1 providers

xAI

Throughput: 100 tok/s
Latency: 0.7ms
DeepSeek

DeepSeek VL2

Avg Score:51.1%
Providers:1
xAI

Grok-3

+26.9%
Avg Score:78.0%
Providers:1