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Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning

Alibaba · released

Wins 2 of 7 areas

Agents · Images and charts

Alibaba · released

Wins 5 of 7 areas

Coding · Reasoning · Facts · Long documents · Following instructions

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning is the stronger all-rounder.Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct is cheaper and better at images and charts.

Scores updated · 49 tests both models report · How we compare

Where each one wins

Tests won in each of the seven 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, long documents and following instructions 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.

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct$0.40 to read · $1.60 to write$2.00Price from Alibaba's own price page
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning$0.40 to read · $4.00 to write$4.40Price from Alibaba's own price page

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct costs 55% less for the same work.

The biggest differences

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

Where Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning pulls ahead

  • Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+31points aheadQwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning63.7Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct32.7
  • Recent programming contest problemsLiveCodeBench v6+15.8points aheadQwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning70.1Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct54.3
  • Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+13.8points aheadQwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning56.5Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct42.7

Where Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct pulls ahead

  • Completes tasks by operating a computer desktopOSWorld-Verified+28.6points aheadQwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct66.7Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning38.1
  • Reads text in imagesOCRBench+4.5points aheadQwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct92Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning87.5
  • Visual perception tasks people solve at a glanceBLINK+3.6points aheadQwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct70.7Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning67.1

Every test, side by side

All 49 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.

CodingQwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning

Full coding ranking

AgentsQwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

Full agents ranking

ReasoningQwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning

Full reasoning ranking

FactsQwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning

Full facts ranking

Images and chartsQwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
  • OCRBenchQwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct by 4.59287.5+4.5
  • LMArena · VisionQwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct by 41 rating points12471206+41 rating
  • CharXiv (RQ)Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning by 462.166.1+4
  • BLINKQwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct by 3.670.767.1+3.6
  • MMMU-ProQwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning by 1.167.668.7+1.1
  • MathVistatie84.985.8tie
  • MMStartie78.478.7tie

Full images and charts ranking

Long documentsQwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning
  • AA-LCRQwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning by 3132.763.7+31

Full long documents ranking

Following instructionsQwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning
  • IFBenchQwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning by 13.842.756.5+13.8

Full following instructions ranking

Other results31 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.

Questions people ask

Which is better, Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning?

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning wins five of the seven areas where both have results: coding, reasoning, facts, long documents and following instructions. Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct wins agents and images and charts, and costs 55% less.

Which is better for coding?

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning. It wins 3 of the 3 coding tests both models report; Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct wins none.

Which is cheaper?

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct costs $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.60 per million output tokens; Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning costs $0.40 and $4.00. That makes Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct about 55% cheaper for the same work.

How do you compare the two?

We use the 49 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 18 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 31 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.