DeepSeek VL2 Small vs Grok-4 Heavy
DeepSeek vs xAI — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •Grok-4 Heavy has the higher intelligence index (89.3 vs 73.1)
| DeepSeek VL2 Small | Grok-4 Heavy | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 73.1 | 89.3 |
| Developer | DeepSeek | xAI |
| Type | Multimodal | Multimodal |
| Access | Open weights | API only |
| Context window | — | — |
| Input price | — | — |
| Output price | — | — |
| Speed | — | — |
| Released | December 13, 2024 | July 9, 2025 |
| Parameters | 16000000000 | — |
| Input modalities | — | — |
| Output modalities | — | — |