DeepSeek-VL2 vs DeepSeek V4-Flash

Best cell per row highlighted. Null means undisclosed — never counted as zero.

DeepSeek
DeepSeek-VL2GA
7.2
AI Panel
DeepSeek
DeepSeek V4-Flashpreview
8.7
AI Panel

Identity & lifecycle

ProviderDeepSeekDeepSeek
Family / tierDeepSeek-VL · VLDeepSeek V4 · Flash
StatusGApreview
Released2024-12-122026-04-23
Knowledge cutoff2024-102026-02

Architecture & context

Context window4K1M
Max output tokens4K384K
Input modalitiestext, imagetext
Reasoning modenoneoptional
Open weightsYesYes

Pricing (per Mtok)

Input$0.14
Output$0.28
Cached input$0.0028
Batch input
Free tierYesYes

Speed

Output speed (tok/s)
Time to first token (s)
Latency tierfastfast

Trust & deployment

Trains on inputsNoYes
Licensecustom-deepseek-model-licenseMIT
Clouds
Compliance

AI Panel scoring

Unified score7.28.7
Decision Maker7.58.5
Domain Strategist78.5
Finance Lead8.59.7
Domain Practitioner7.58.5
Power User6.58
Skeptic77.5
Value score8.89.9

Benchmarks

MMLU-Pro86.2
GPQA Diamond88.1
SWE-bench Verified79
LiveCodeBench91.6
MMMU51.1
MRCR Long Context78.7
SimpleQA34.1
Humanity's Last Exam34.8

Scores link to their sources. Missing cells mean the vendor hasn't disclosed a result — honesty over padding.