Phi 4 Multimodal Instruct vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning
Wins 0 of 3 areas
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Wins 3 of 3 areas
Coding · Reasoning · Images and charts
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 15 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the three areas 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.
Coding rests on a single test.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning pulls ahead
- Harder college exam questions with imagesMMMU-Pro+54.2points ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+45.7points ahead
- Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+28.9points ahead
Where Phi 4 Multimodal Instruct pulls ahead
No clear win on a test scored out of 100.
Every test, side by side
All 15 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingQwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning
- SciCodeQwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning by 28.91139.9+28.9
ReasoningQwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning
- GPQA DiamondQwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning by 45.731.577.2+45.7
- Humanity's Last ExamQwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning by 6.9511.9+6.9
Images and chartsQwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning
- MMMU-ProQwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning by 54.214.568.7+54.2
- Video-MMEQwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning by 245579+24
- MMMUQwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning by 23.655.178.7+23.6
- MathVistaQwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning by 23.462.485.8+23.4
- MMStarQwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning by 17.561.278.7+17.5
- BLINKQwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning by 5.861.367.1+5.8
- OCRBenchQwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning by 3.184.487.5+3.1
Other results5 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.
- LVBenchQwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning by 38.325.363.6+38.3
- LongVideoBenchQwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning by 24.541.165.6+24.5
- InfoVQA (val)Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning by 17.771.889.5+17.7
- AA IntelligenceQwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning by 7.65.813.4+7.6
- AI2DQwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning by 6.982.389.2+6.9
Questions people ask
Which is better, Phi 4 Multimodal Instruct or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning?
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning wins all three areas where both have results: coding, reasoning and images and charts. Phi 4 Multimodal Instruct wins none.
Which is better for coding?
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning. It wins the one coding test both models report.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 15 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 10 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 5 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.