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.

Microsoft

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

Microsoft

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct is a multimodal language model developed by Microsoft. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 72.0% across 15 benchmarks. It excels particularly in ScienceQA Visual (97.5%), DocVQA (93.2%), MMBench (86.7%). The model shows particular specialization in general tasks with an average performance of 75.8%. It supports a 256K 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. It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2025, it represents Microsoft's latest advancement in AI technology.

DeepSeek

DeepSeek VL2

DeepSeek

2024-12-13

Microsoft

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

Microsoft

2025-02-01

1 month newer

Pricing Comparison

Cost per million tokens (USD)

DeepSeek

DeepSeek VL2

Input:$9.50
Output:$4800.00
Microsoft

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

$4809.35 cheaper
Input:$0.05
Output:$0.10

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

DeepSeek

DeepSeek VL2

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

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

Max Context:256.0K
Parameters:5.6B

Average performance across 9 common benchmarks

DeepSeek

DeepSeek VL2

+0.4%
Average Score:77.5%
Microsoft

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

Average Score:77.1%

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

DeepSeek

DeepSeek VL2

vision
+7.0%
76.7%
general
69.9%
math
+0.4%
62.8%
Microsoft

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

vision
69.7%
general
+5.8%
75.8%
math
62.4%
Benchmark Scores - Detailed View
Side-by-side comparison of all benchmark scores
Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

2024-06-01

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
Microsoft

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

1 providers

DeepInfra

Throughput: 25 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms
DeepSeek

DeepSeek VL2

+0.4%
Avg Score:77.5%
Providers:1
Microsoft

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

Avg Score:77.1%
Providers:1