Model Comparison

DeepSeek VL2 Small vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Comparing DeepSeek VL2 Small and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

DeepSeek VL2 Small and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct 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.

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DeepSeek
DeepSeek VL2 Small
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

16.5B diff

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has 16.5B more parameters than DeepSeek VL2 Small, making it 103.1% larger.

DeepSeek
DeepSeek VL2 Small
16.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
32.5Bparameters
16.0B
DeepSeek VL2 Small
32.5B
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

DeepSeek VL2 Small supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen2.5 32B Instruct does not.

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

DeepSeek VL2 Small

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

DeepSeek VL2 Small is licensed under deepseek, while Qwen2.5 32B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

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

DeepSeek VL2 Small

deepseek

Open weights

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

DeepSeek VL2 Small was released on 2024-12-13, while Qwen2.5 32B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.

DeepSeek VL2 Small is 3 months newer than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct.

DeepSeek VL2 Small

Dec 13, 2024

1.3 years ago

2mo newer
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Sep 19, 2024

1.6 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

Supports multimodal inputs
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Detailed Comparison

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Feature
DeepSeek
DeepSeek VL2 Small
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about DeepSeek VL2 Small vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

DeepSeek VL2 Small (DeepSeek) and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct (Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.
DeepSeek VL2 Small scores DocVQA: 92.3%, ChartQA: 84.5%, OCRBench: 83.4%, TextVQA: 83.4%, MMBench: 80.3%. Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores GSM8k: 95.9%, HumanEval: 88.4%, HellaSwag: 85.2%, BBH: 84.5%, MBPP: 84.0%.
Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (deepseek vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
DeepSeek VL2 Small is developed by DeepSeek and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.