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North-Micro-Vision-Instruct vs Qwen3 VL 4B (Reasoning)

Cohere · released

Wins 0 of 1 area

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Alibaba · released

Wins 1 of 1 area

Images and charts

Qwen3 VL 4B (Reasoning) is the stronger all-rounder.

Scores updated · 13 tests both models report · How we compare

Where each one wins

Tests won in each of the one area where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.

The biggest differences

The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.

Where Qwen3 VL 4B (Reasoning) pulls ahead

  • Questions that truly need the image to answerMMStar+21.4points aheadQwen3 VL 4B (Reasoning)73.2North-Micro-Vision-Instruct51.8
  • Visual perception tasks people solve at a glanceBLINK+10.7points aheadQwen3 VL 4B (Reasoning)63.4North-Micro-Vision-Instruct52.7
  • Reads text in imagesOCRBench+1.6points aheadQwen3 VL 4B (Reasoning)80.8North-Micro-Vision-Instruct79.2

Where North-Micro-Vision-Instruct pulls ahead

No clear win on a test scored out of 100.

Every test, side by side

All 13 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.

Images and chartsQwen3 VL 4B (Reasoning)
  • MMStarQwen3 VL 4B (Reasoning) by 21.451.873.2+21.4
  • BLINKQwen3 VL 4B (Reasoning) by 10.752.763.4+10.7
  • OCRBenchQwen3 VL 4B (Reasoning) by 1.679.280.8+1.6

Full images and charts ranking

Other results10 tests, not counted

Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.

  • MMLU-ProQwen3 VL 4B (Reasoning) by 42.930.773.6+42.9
  • MMMU (val) (Pass@1)Qwen3 VL 4B (Reasoning) by 37.932.970.8+37.9
  • OCRBench v2_enQwen3 VL 4B (Reasoning) by 25.136.761.8+25.1
  • RealWorldQAQwen3 VL 4B (Reasoning) by 1162.273.2+11
  • IFEvalQwen3 VL 4B (Reasoning) by 7.774.982.6+7.7
  • AI2DQwen3 VL 4B (Reasoning) by 7.477.584.9+7.4
  • DocVQAQwen3 VL 4B (Reasoning) by 2.892.194.9+2.8
  • DocVQA-valQwen3 VL 4B (Reasoning) by 2.692.194.7+2.6
  • HallusionBenchQwen3 VL 4B (Reasoning) by 2.661.564.1+2.6
  • ChartQAQwen3 VL 4B (Reasoning) by 2.580.883.3+2.5

Questions people ask

Which is better, North-Micro-Vision-Instruct or Qwen3 VL 4B (Reasoning)?

Qwen3 VL 4B (Reasoning) wins the one area where both have results: images and charts. North-Micro-Vision-Instruct wins none.

How do you compare the two?

We use the 13 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 3 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 10 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.