Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct
AlibabaOpenApache 2.0
Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct is a vision-language model from Alibaba. It ranks 67 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1247±7 from 12,724 votes. Its best category is Captioning (#5 of 34). License: Apache 2.0.
Key figures
- Developer
- Alibaba
- License
- Apache 2.0
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
Who it suits
- Overall #67 of 167: upper half.
- Strongest category: Captioning (#5 of 34).
- Open weights (Apache 2.0): you can self-host it.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 |  GPT-5.1 (High) OpenAI | 1250 | 9,848 | Proprietary | +3 |
| 65 |  ERNIE-5.0-Preview (1220) Baidu | 1248 | 3,349 | Proprietary | +1 |
| 66 |  MiMo-V2.5 Xiaomi | 1247 | 29,381 | MIT | +0 |
| 67 | Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct Alibaba | 1247 | 12,724 | Apache 2.0 | |
| 68 | GPT-5.2 (High) OpenAI | 1246 | 19,022 | Proprietary | -1 |
| 69 | GPT-5.4 mini (High) OpenAI | 1245 | 25,734 | Proprietary | -2 |
| 70 | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B Alibaba | 1244 | 13,236 | Apache 2.0 | -3 |
Alternatives · More from Alibaba
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Qwen3.8-Max Alibaba | 1313 | 9,957 | Proprietary |
| 37 | Qwen3.7-Plus Alibaba | 1278 | 14,212 | Proprietary |
| 44 | Qwen3.8-27B Alibaba | 1269 | 7,614 | Apache 2.0 |
| 54 | Qwen3.5-397B-A17B Alibaba | 1262 | 32,657 | Apache 2.0 |
| 70 | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B Alibaba | 1244 | 13,236 | Apache 2.0 |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 |  GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai | 1294 | 16,254 | MIT |
| 34 |  Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI | 1282 | 16,368 | Modified MIT |
| 38 |  DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-20260910 (Max) DeepSeek | 1278 | 4,100 | MIT |
| 39 |  Gemma 4 31B Google | 1276 | 40,219 | Apache 2.0 |
| 44 | Qwen3.8-27B Alibaba | 1269 | 7,614 | Apache 2.0 |
How to read these scores
- If two scores differ by less than their ± intervals, the models are statistically close.
- Each category board is computed independently; do not compare scores across categories.
- Models with few votes move more; ranks of new entries may change.
FAQ
Where does Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct rank among vision models?
Overall rank 67 (1247); OCR rank 69 (1253); Diagrams rank 70 (1255); Homework rank 58 (1277); Captioning rank 5 (1281); Entity recognition rank 19 (1249); Creative writing rank 75 (1220); Humor rank 70 (1209); English rank 64 (1256); Chinese rank 62 (1283) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct at OCR?
Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct ranks 69 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1253 (7,752 votes).
Is Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #62 of 128 (1283); English board: #64 of 167 (1256). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct open-weight?
LMArena lists its license as Apache 2.0, not proprietary; check the license text for commercial use.
How far is Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct has 1247, 78 points behind.
Sources
LMArena data published Oct 19, 2026.
Synced here Oct 26, 2026.
Price, context length and release date have no reliable public data here and are not shown; all figures come from snapshots, blanks are –.