Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct vs Qwen3 VL 32B Reasoning
Wins 0 of 7 areas
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Wins 6 of 7 areas
Agents · Reasoning · Facts · Images and charts · Long documents · Following instructions
Qwen3 VL 32B Reasoning is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 48 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.
- Images and chartsUnderstanding pictures, charts and video14Qwen3 VL 32B Reasoning4 of 6 tests · 1 tie
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking02Qwen3 VL 32B Reasoning2 of 3 tests · 1 tie
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own02Qwen3 VL 32B Reasoning2 of 2 tests
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up02Qwen3 VL 32B Reasoning2 of 2 tests
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts01Qwen3 VL 32B Reasoning1 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked01Qwen3 VL 32B Reasoning1 of 1 test
- CodingWriting and fixing software11Even1 each · 1 tie
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.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Qwen3 VL 32B Reasoning pulls ahead
- Recent programming contest problemsLiveCodeBench v6+21.8points ahead
- Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+21points ahead
- Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+20.2points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 48 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingEven
- LiveCodeBench v6Qwen3 VL 32B Reasoning by 21.843.865.6+21.8
- SciCodeQwen3 VL 32B Instruct by 1.630.128.5+1.6
- Terminal-Bench Hardtie8.37.6tie
AgentsQwen3 VL 32B Reasoning
- OSWorld-VerifiedQwen3 VL 32B Reasoning by 8.432.641+8.4
- GDPValQwen3 VL 32B Reasoning by 7.307.3+7.3
ReasoningQwen3 VL 32B Reasoning
- GPQA DiamondQwen3 VL 32B Reasoning by 6.267.173.3+6.2
- Humanity's Last ExamQwen3 VL 32B Reasoning by 3.36.810.1+3.3
- CritPttie00tie
FactsQwen3 VL 32B Reasoning
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationQwen3 VL 32B Reasoning by 8.18.216.3+8.1
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyQwen3 VL 32B Reasoning by 2.214.817+2.2
Images and chartsQwen3 VL 32B Reasoning
Long documentsQwen3 VL 32B Reasoning
- AA-LCRQwen3 VL 32B Reasoning by 2134.355.3+21
Following instructionsQwen3 VL 32B Reasoning
- IFBenchQwen3 VL 32B Reasoning by 20.239.259.4+20.2
Other results30 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.
- AIME 2025Qwen3 VL 32B Reasoning by 17.566.283.7+17.5
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Qwen3 VL 32B Reasoning by 16.429.245.6+16.4
- AA Agentic IndexQwen3 VL 32B Reasoning by 13.79.723.4+13.7
- AA-OmniscienceQwen3 VL 32B Reasoning by 10.9-63.4-52.5+10.9
- MATH-VisionQwen3 VL 32B Reasoning by 6.863.470.2+6.8
- SuperGPQAQwen3 VL 32B Reasoning by 4.454.659+4.4
- Arena-Hard-V2Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct by 4.264.760.5+4.2
- MMLU-ProXQwen3 VL 32B Reasoning by 3.873.477.2+3.8
- HallusionBenchQwen3 VL 32B Reasoning by 3.663.867.4+3.6
- AA IntelligenceQwen3 VL 32B Reasoning by 3.58.411.9+3.5
- ERQAQwen3 VL 32B Reasoning by 3.548.852.3+3.5
- MMLU-ProQwen3 VL 32B Reasoning by 3.578.682.1+3.5
- IFEvalQwen3 VL 32B Reasoning by 3.184.787.8+3.1
- OCRBench v2 (Chinese)Qwen3 VL 32B Reasoning by 2.959.262.1+2.9
- IncludeQwen3 VL 32B Reasoning by 2.37476.3+2.3
- InfoVQA_testQwen3 VL 32B Reasoning by 2.28789.2+2.2
- MMLU-ReduxQwen3 VL 32B Reasoning by 2.189.891.9+2.1
- MMMU (val) (Pass@1)Qwen3 VL 32B Reasoning by 2.17678.1+2.1
- CharadesSTAQwen3 VL 32B Reasoning by 1.661.262.8+1.6
- BFCL v3Qwen3 VL 32B Reasoning by 1.570.271.7+1.5
- LVBenchQwen3 VL 32B Instruct by 1.263.862.6+1.2
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexQwen3 VL 32B Instruct by 1.115.614.5+1.1
- OCRBench v2_enQwen3 VL 32B Reasoning by 167.468.4+1
- DocVQA_testtie96.996.1tie
- ScreenSpot-Pro (No tools)tie57.957.1tie
- AI2Dtie89.588.9tie
- RealWorldQAtie7978.4tie
- MV-Benchtie72.873.2tie
- MM MTBenchtie8.48.3tie
- ScreenSpottie95.895.7tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct or Qwen3 VL 32B Reasoning?
Qwen3 VL 32B Reasoning wins six of the seven areas where both have results: agents, reasoning, facts, images and charts, long documents and following instructions. Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct wins none. They are level on coding.
Which is better for coding?
Neither. They win 1 coding test each of the 3 both models report, and 1 is a tie.
Which is cheaper?
Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct costs $0.16 per million input tokens and $0.64 per million output tokens; Qwen3 VL 32B Reasoning costs $0.16 and $0.64. For a million tokens read plus a million written, they cost about the same.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 48 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 30 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.