Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct vs Qwen3 VL Thinking (8B)
Wins 0 of 3 areas
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Wins 3 of 3 areas
Agents · Reasoning · Images and charts
Qwen3 VL Thinking (8B) is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 16 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.
Agents and reasoning rest on a single test each.
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 Thinking (8B) pulls ahead
- Completes tasks by operating a computer desktopOSWorld-Verified+28points ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+11.9points ahead
- Harder college exam questions with imagesMMMU-Pro+7.1points ahead
Where Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct pulls ahead
- Questions about short and long videosVideo-MME+6.1points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 16 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
AgentsQwen3 VL Thinking (8B)
- OSWorld-VerifiedQwen3 VL Thinking (8B) by 285.933.9+28
ReasoningQwen3 VL Thinking (8B)
- GPQA DiamondQwen3 VL Thinking (8B) by 11.94657.9+11.9
Images and chartsQwen3 VL Thinking (8B)
Other results9 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.
- MATH-VisionQwen3 VL Thinking (8B) by 24.338.462.7+24.3
- MMLU-ProQwen3 VL Thinking (8B) by 8.568.877.3+8.5
- ScreenSpot-Pro (No tools)Qwen3 VL Thinking (8B) by 7.239.446.6+7.2
- LVBenchQwen3 VL Thinking (8B) by 6.84955.8+6.8
- OCRBench v2_enQwen3 VL Thinking (8B) by 6.757.263.9+6.7
- CharadesSTAQwen3 VL Thinking (8B) by 5.754.259.9+5.7
- ScreenSpotQwen3 VL Thinking (8B) by 5.188.593.6+5.1
- CC-OCRtie77.176.3tie
- OCRBench v2 (Chinese)tie59.159.2tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct or Qwen3 VL Thinking (8B)?
Qwen3 VL Thinking (8B) wins all three areas where both have results: agents, reasoning and images and charts. Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct wins none.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 16 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 7 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 9 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.