Qwen3.5 2B 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.
Images and charts rests on a single test.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Qwen3.5 2B pulls ahead
- Reads text in imagesOCRBench+11points ahead
Where Qwen3 VL 2B 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.
Other results12 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-Pro testQwen3 VL 2B Instruct by 1329.842.8+13
- DocVQA-valQwen3.5 2B by 10.192.682.5+10.1
- MMMU DEV_VALQwen3.5 2B by 9.547.437.9+9.5
- ChartQA TestQwen3.5 2B by 9.178.469.3+9.1
- MMLU testQwen3 VL 2B Instruct by 8.754.363+8.7
- OCRBench v2_enQwen3.5 2B by 6.448.141.7+6.4
- GQA TestDev_BalancedQwen3 VL 2B Instruct by 3.353.957.2+3.3
- MMMBQwen3.5 2B by 2.274.572.3+2.2
- HallusionBenchQwen3 VL 2B Instruct by 1.865.567.3+1.8
- MMBench DEV_EN_V11Qwen3.5 2B by 1.67674.4+1.6
- MTL MMBench_DEVtie66.966.4tie
- MMBench_DEVtie0.70.7tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Qwen3.5 2B or Qwen3 VL 2B Instruct?
Qwen3.5 2B wins the one area where both have results: images and charts. Qwen3 VL 2B 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 1 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 12 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.