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Qwen3 VL 4B

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 4B Instruct

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LLMBoard score7.7Qwen3 VL 4B Instruct
Coverage60%9 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 4B Instruct
Released
Sep 22, 2025
Knowledge cutoff
Unknown
Parameters
4B
Context window
262.1K
Max output
262.1K
Inputs
image, text
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 4B Instruct category scores

Benchmark results

Published benchmark records for the scored version Qwen3 VL 4B Instruct.

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ODinW0.551673.3%CAug 7, 2026
MLVU-M0.86828.6%CAug 7, 2026
DocVQAtest1.071140.0%CAug 7, 2026
OCRBench-V2 (en)0.671245.5%CAug 7, 2026
MMMU (val)0.781130.0%CAug 7, 2026
ScreenSpot0.981653.3%CAug 7, 2026
MuirBench0.691120.0%CAug 7, 2026
BLINK0.7101325.0%CAug 7, 2026
CharadesSTA0.6101218.2%CAug 7, 2026
OCRBench-V2 (zh)0.6101110.0%CAug 7, 2026
OCRBench0.9112252.4%CAug 7, 2026
InfoVQAtest0.812120.0%CAug 7, 2026
MMBench-V1.10.9131829.4%CAug 7, 2026
Hallusion Bench0.6141613.3%CAug 7, 2026
LiveBench 202411250.614140.0%CAug 7, 2026
WritingBench0.814157.1%CAug 7, 2026
CharXiv-D0.815166.7%CAug 7, 2026
ScreenSpot Pro0.6152439.1%CAug 7, 2026
MM-MT-Bench7.516176.3%CAug 7, 2026
MMStar0.7162228.6%CAug 7, 2026
MVBench0.716176.3%CAug 7, 2026
SimpleQA0.5164666.7%CAug 7, 2026
CC-OCR0.817185.9%CAug 7, 2026
LVBench0.6172430.4%CAug 7, 2026
BFCL-v30.618195.6%CAug 7, 2026
MathVista-Mini0.7182322.7%CAug 7, 2026
OSWorld0.3182010.5%CAug 7, 2026
PolyMATH0.321239.1%CAug 7, 2026
RealWorldQA0.7212620.0%CAug 7, 2026
ERQA0.422234.5%CAug 7, 2026
AI2D0.8253222.6%CAug 7, 2026
HMMT250.325250.0%CAug 7, 2026
Include0.6253120.0%CAug 7, 2026
MMLU-ProX0.6263219.4%CAug 7, 2026
VideoMMMU0.626260.0%CAug 7, 2026
MathVision0.5273216.1%CAug 7, 2026
SuperGPQA0.432346.1%CAug 7, 2026
MMLU-Redux0.8384821.3%CAug 7, 2026
CharXiv-R0.447470.0%CAug 7, 2026
IFEval0.8496525.0%CAug 7, 2026
LiveCodeBench v60.452531.9%CAug 7, 2026
MMMU-Pro0.5556515.6%CAug 7, 2026
MMLU0.87210028.3%CAug 7, 2026
MMLU-Pro0.79412927.3%CAug 7, 2026
AIME 20250.51051148.0%CAug 7, 2026

Arena results

Preference and agent-evaluation signals from published Arena datasets.

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Pricing

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

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N/A
Official provider
N/A
Lowest third-party
N/A
Tracked offerings
0
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Official prices use only the vendor's configured official Provider and positive standard USD PAYG rates. Third-party offers remain explicitly labeled.

Qwen3 VL 4B 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 4B InstructSep 22, 20257.74B262.1K262.1KNoApache 2.0

What is Qwen3 VL 4B?

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 4B vs nearby models

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FAQ

Common questions about Qwen3 VL 4B.

When was Qwen3 VL 4B released?

Qwen3 VL 4B's default version was released on Sep 22, 2025.

How much does Qwen3 VL 4B cost?

No official standard PAYG price is currently available for Qwen3 VL 4B.

Who created Qwen3 VL 4B?

Qwen3 VL 4B is published under Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team in the model registry.

What is the context window for Qwen3 VL 4B?

The default version has a 262.1K token context window.

Is Qwen3 VL 4B open weight?

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

How many API providers offer Qwen3 VL 4B?

No published provider offering is currently linked to the default version.

What models should I compare Qwen3 VL 4B with?

Nearby ranked alternatives include GPT-4.1-nano, Gemma 3n E2B LiteRT, ERNIE 4.5.

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