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Qwen3 VL 235B A22B

Qwen3-VL is a large multimodal model that unifies vision, language, and reasoning to achieve human-level perception and cognition across text, images, and video. Built on a 235B-parameter architecture, it integrates early joint training of visual and textual modalities for strong language grounding. The model supports up to a 1 million-token context window and excels at visual understanding, spatial reasoning, long video comprehension, and tool-based interaction. It can generate code from images, perform precise 2D/3D object grounding, and operate digital interfaces like a visual agent. The “Instruct” version rivals Gemini 2.5 Pro in perception benchmarks, while the “Thinking” version leads in multimodal reasoning and STEM tasks. With multilingual OCR, creative writing, and fine-grained scene interpretation, Qwen3-VL establishes a new open-source frontier for integrated vision-language intelligence.

Updated Aug 10, 2026. Default version: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

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LLMBoard score42.7Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Coverage60%12 benchmark families
Context window262.1KTokens
Official input priceN/AOfficial price unavailable

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Model specification

Structured fields from the published default version.

Version
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Released
Sep 22, 2025
Knowledge cutoff
Unknown
Parameters
236B
Context window
262.1K
Max output
262.1K
Inputs
image, text, video
Outputs
text
Open weights
No
License
Apache 2.0

Capability profile

This profile uses the latest version under this unique model that has a calculated LLMBoard score. Arena and price are excluded.

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct category scores

Benchmark results

Published benchmark records for the scored version Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct.

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CharadesSTA0.6112100.0%CAug 7, 2026
DocVQAtest1.0111100.0%CAug 7, 2026
CC-OCR0.821894.1%CAug 7, 2026
Creative Writing v30.921391.7%CAug 7, 2026
MMMUval0.82466.7%CAug 7, 2026
BLINK0.731383.3%CAug 7, 2026
CSimpleQA0.83766.7%CAug 7, 2026
InfoVQAtest0.931281.8%CAug 7, 2026
LiveCodeBench v50.63975.0%CAug 7, 2026
MultiPL-E0.931383.3%CAug 7, 2026
OCRBench0.932290.5%CAug 7, 2026
OCRBench-V2 (en)0.731281.8%CAug 7, 2026
OCRBench-V2 (zh)0.631180.0%CAug 7, 2026
ScreenSpot1.031686.7%CAug 7, 2026
AndroidWorld_SR0.64857.1%CAug 7, 2026
ODinW0.541680.0%CAug 7, 2026
Arena-Hard v20.851673.3%CAug 7, 2026
MM-MT-Bench8.551775.0%CAug 7, 2026
OSWorld0.752079.0%CAug 7, 2026
VideoMME w/o sub.0.851055.6%CAug 7, 2026
WritingBench0.951571.4%CAug 7, 2026
LiveBench 202411250.761461.5%CAug 7, 2026
MuirBench0.761150.0%CAug 7, 2026
Multi-IF0.872068.4%CAug 7, 2026
MLVU0.881022.2%CAug 7, 2026
MMBench-V1.10.981858.8%CAug 7, 2026
MMStar0.882266.7%CAug 7, 2026
Include0.893173.3%CAug 7, 2026
MathVista-Mini0.892363.6%CAug 7, 2026
LVBench0.7102460.9%CAug 7, 2026
Hallusion Bench0.6111633.3%CAug 7, 2026
AI2D0.9123264.5%CAug 7, 2026
RealWorldQA0.8122656.0%CAug 7, 2026
ScreenSpot Pro0.6122452.2%CAug 7, 2026
SimpleQA0.5134673.3%CAug 7, 2026
BFCL-v30.7141927.8%CAug 7, 2026
MMLU-ProX0.8143258.1%CAug 7, 2026
ERQA0.5152336.4%CAug 7, 2026
MMLU0.91610084.8%CAug 7, 2026
SuperGPQA0.6173451.5%CAug 7, 2026
MathVision0.7183245.2%CAug 7, 2026
HMMT250.6192525.0%CAug 7, 2026
MMLU-Redux0.9194861.7%CAug 7, 2026
VideoMMMU0.7202624.0%CAug 7, 2026
IFEval0.9296556.3%CAug 7, 2026
CharXiv-R0.6354726.1%CAug 7, 2026
MMMU-Pro0.7386542.2%CAug 7, 2026
MMLU-Pro0.84012969.5%CAug 7, 2026
LiveCodeBench v60.5415323.1%CAug 7, 2026
AIME 20250.77911431.0%CAug 7, 2026

Arena results

Preference and agent-evaluation signals from published Arena datasets.

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visioncaptioning61277.8143N/AAug 6, 2026
vision style controlcaptioning121207.7143N/AAug 6, 2026
visioncreative writing141224.8690N/AJan 9, 2026
visionentity recognition151255.6147N/AAug 6, 2026
vision style controlcreative writing191193.5690N/AJan 9, 2026
vision style controlentity recognition281190.4147N/AAug 6, 2026
visionhomework361280.21,567N/AAug 6, 2026
visionchinese461283.9714N/AAug 6, 2026
textkorean491400.0308N/AAug 6, 2026
visionenglish491251.55,092N/AAug 6, 2026
vision style controlhomework491260.31,567N/AAug 6, 2026
visionoverall501246.812,102N/AAug 6, 2026
visionocr501253.67,534N/AAug 6, 2026
visioncreative writing vision521229.0816N/AAug 6, 2026
visiondiagram521255.82,659N/AAug 6, 2026
textfrench531457.8235N/AAug 6, 2026
textindustry business and management and financial operations561432.12,230N/AAug 6, 2026
visionhumor561202.7449N/AAug 6, 2026
vision style controlchinese571243.3714N/AAug 6, 2026
textindustry legal and government591446.3754N/AAug 6, 2026
vision style controlenglish611218.45,092N/AAug 6, 2026
vision style controlcreative writing vision621197.6816N/AAug 6, 2026
vision style controlocr621229.37,534N/AAug 6, 2026
vision style controloverall631214.612,102N/AAug 6, 2026
vision style controldiagram641238.92,659N/AAug 6, 2026
vision style controlhumor641157.7449N/AAug 6, 2026
textexpert681445.4565N/AAug 6, 2026
textgerman761423.5259N/AAug 6, 2026
textindustry life and physical and social science761443.91,748N/AAug 6, 2026
textjapanese761383.1151N/AAug 6, 2026
textpolish811417.7518N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlfrench811453.7235N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlkorean811381.7308N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlindustry business and management and financial operations831439.02,230N/AAug 6, 2026
textinstruction following841409.22,921N/AAug 6, 2026
textlonger query841423.42,195N/AAug 6, 2026
texthard prompts english851440.42,944N/AAug 6, 2026
textmulti turn861429.42,014N/AAug 6, 2026
textmath891425.9702N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlindustry legal and government891438.5754N/AAug 6, 2026
textindustry medicine and healthcare901435.8628N/AAug 6, 2026
texthard prompts911430.35,708N/AAug 6, 2026
textindustry software and it services911443.54,091N/AAug 6, 2026
textoverall921421.411,483N/AAug 6, 2026
textchinese941459.7492N/AAug 6, 2026
textcoding941440.12,314N/AAug 6, 2026
textexclude ties941409.48,102N/AAug 6, 2026
textnon english941406.25,849N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controljapanese961368.7151N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlexpert991445.9565N/AAug 6, 2026
textenglish1001430.55,634N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlgerman1011410.5259N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlhard prompts english1011451.52,944N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlindustry life and physical and social science1021440.91,748N/AAug 6, 2026
textindustry mathematical1031420.8587N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlmulti turn1031426.12,014N/AAug 6, 2026
textindustry writing and literature and language1041392.52,354N/AAug 6, 2026
text factualityhard prompts1041445.61,303N/AAug 6, 2026
textspanish1061408.3405N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlindustry software and it services1061455.14,091N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlinstruction following1061413.02,921N/AAug 6, 2026
textrussian1071403.2714N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlcoding1071465.12,314N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlpolish1071401.8518N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlhard prompts1081440.25,708N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlchinese1091453.5492N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlindustry medicine and healthcare1131436.4628N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controllonger query1131425.02,195N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlenglish1161427.05,634N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlspanish1161399.6405N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlexclude ties1171402.38,102N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controloverall1181415.211,483N/AAug 6, 2026
textindustry entertainment and sports and media1191371.41,898N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlmath1191410.5702N/AAug 6, 2026
text factualityexclude ties1201402.72,168N/AAug 6, 2026
textcreative writing1211369.91,373N/AAug 6, 2026
text factualitynon english1221396.31,525N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlnon english1221397.35,849N/AAug 6, 2026
text factualityoverall1231410.13,099N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlrussian1251400.7714N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlindustry writing and literature and language1261387.62,354N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlindustry mathematical1321410.1587N/AAug 6, 2026
text factualityenglish1341404.21,483N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlindustry entertainment and sports and media1431360.81,898N/AAug 6, 2026
text style controlcreative writing1441361.01,373N/AAug 6, 2026

Pricing

Official vendor API PAYG pricing is summarized first. The table then lists individual provider offerings without treating their minimum as the official price.

Official API
N/A
Official provider
N/A
Lowest third-party
From $0.20 input, $0.88 output per 1M via LLM Gateway
Tracked offerings
7
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LLM Gatewayqwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instructglobal$0.20$0.88262.1KAug 7, 2026
TensorXqwen/qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instructglobal$0.21$1.9131KAug 7, 2026
OpenRouterqwen/qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instructglobal$0.21$1.9262.1KAug 7, 2026
NanoGPTqwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instructglobal$0.30$1.2128KAug 7, 2026
Heliconeqwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instructglobal$0.30$1.5256KAug 7, 2026
NovitaAIqwen/qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instructglobal$0.30$1.5131.1KAug 7, 2026
Vercel AI Gatewayalibaba/qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instructglobal$0.40$1.6131.1KAug 7, 2026

Official prices use only the vendor's configured official Provider and positive standard USD PAYG rates. Third-party offers remain explicitly labeled.

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B versions

All published versions linked to this unique model. The score columns identify the version used by the current overall ranking.

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Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructSep 22, 202542.7236B262.1K262.1KNoApache 2.0

What is Qwen3 VL 235B A22B?

A concise description based on the published model registry.

Qwen3-VL is a large multimodal model that unifies vision, language, and reasoning to achieve human-level perception and cognition across text, images, and video. Built on a 235B-parameter architecture, it integrates early joint training of visual and textual modalities for strong language grounding. The model supports up to a 1 million-token context window and excels at visual understanding, spatial reasoning, long video comprehension, and tool-based interaction. It can generate code from images, perform precise 2D/3D object grounding, and operate digital interfaces like a visual agent. The “Instruct” version rivals Gemini 2.5 Pro in perception benchmarks, while the “Thinking” version leads in multimodal reasoning and STEM tasks. With multilingual OCR, creative writing, and fine-grained scene interpretation, Qwen3-VL establishes a new open-source frontier for integrated vision-language intelligence.

Use the benchmark, Arena and pricing sections above as separate evidence. A missing field means the current data snapshot does not support that claim.

Data snapshot: 2026-08-07. Editorial model content is not available in the backend.

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B vs nearby models

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FAQ

Common questions about Qwen3 VL 235B A22B.

When was Qwen3 VL 235B A22B released?

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B's default version was released on Sep 22, 2025.

How much does Qwen3 VL 235B A22B cost?

No official standard PAYG price is currently available for Qwen3 VL 235B A22B. The lowest tracked third-party offer starts at $0.20 input and $0.88 output via LLM Gateway.

Who created Qwen3 VL 235B A22B?

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B is published under Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team in the model registry.

What is the context window for Qwen3 VL 235B A22B?

The default version has a 262.1K token context window.

Is Qwen3 VL 235B A22B open weight?

No. The default version is not marked as having publicly available weights.

How many API providers offer Qwen3 VL 235B A22B?

7 published provider offerings are linked to the default version.

What models should I compare Qwen3 VL 235B A22B with?

Nearby ranked alternatives include Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B, Mistral Small 3.1 24B, GPT-5.4-nano.

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