DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B vs DeepSeek VL2 Small Comparison

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B and DeepSeek VL2 Small don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
Input tokens$0.12
Output tokens$0.18
Best providerDeepinfra
DeepSeek
DeepSeek VL2 Small
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

16.8B diff

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B has 16.8B more parameters than DeepSeek VL2 Small, making it 105.0% larger.

DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
32.8Bparameters
DeepSeek
DeepSeek VL2 Small
16.0Bparameters
32.8B
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
16.0B
DeepSeek VL2 Small

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
DeepSeek
DeepSeek VL2 Small
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

DeepSeek VL2 Small supports multimodal inputs, whereas DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B does not.

DeepSeek VL2 Small can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

DeepSeek VL2 Small

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B is licensed under MIT, while DeepSeek VL2 Small uses deepseek.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B

MIT

Open weights

DeepSeek VL2 Small

deepseek

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B was released on 2025-01-20, while DeepSeek VL2 Small was released on 2024-12-13.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B is 1 month newer than DeepSeek VL2 Small.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B

Jan 20, 2025

1.2 years ago

1mo newer
DeepSeek VL2 Small

Dec 13, 2024

1.3 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Larger context window (128,000 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs

Detailed Comparison

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Feature
DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
DeepSeek
DeepSeek VL2 Small