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-4

xAI

Grok-4 is a multimodal language model developed by xAI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 63.1% across 7 benchmarks. It excels particularly in AIME 2025 (91.7%), HMMT25 (90.0%), GPQA (87.5%). It supports a 264K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 2 API providers. 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-4

xAI

2025-07-09

6 months newer

Pricing Comparison

Cost per million tokens (USD)

DeepSeek

DeepSeek VL2

Input:$9.50
Output:$4800.00
xAI

Grok-4

$4791.50 cheaper
Input:$3.00
Output:$15.00

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

DeepSeek

DeepSeek VL2

Max Context:258.6K
Parameters:27.0B
xAI

Grok-4

Larger context
Max Context:264.0K

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

DeepSeek

DeepSeek VL2

general
+0.6%
69.9%
xAI

Grok-4

general
69.3%
Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison

Grok-4

2024-12-31

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-4

2 providers

xAI

Throughput: 100 tok/s
Latency: 0.7ms

ZeroEval

Throughput: 100 tok/s
Latency: 0.7ms
DeepSeek

DeepSeek VL2

Avg Score:0.0%
Providers:1
xAI

Grok-4

Avg Score:0.0%
Providers:2