Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Thinking
AlibabaOpenApache 2.0
Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Thinking is a vision-language model from Alibaba. It ranks 91 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1207±12 from 2,387 votes. Its best category is Homework (#84 of 118). License: Apache 2.0.
Key figures
- Developer
- Alibaba
- License
- Apache 2.0
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
No data: Captioning, Entity recognition, Humor.
Who it suits
- Overall #91 of 167: lower half; consider it mainly for cost or deployment reasons.
- Strongest category: Homework (#84 of 118).
- Open weights (Apache 2.0): you can self-host it.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 |  GPT-4.1 (2025-04-14) OpenAI | 1210 | 40,998 | Proprietary | +3 |
| 89 |  Grok 4 (0709) xAI | 1210 | 30,173 | Proprietary | +3 |
| 90 | GPT-5 (High) OpenAI | 1208 | 34,445 | Proprietary | +1 |
| 91 | Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Thinking Alibaba | 1207 | 2,387 | Apache 2.0 | |
| 92 | NNVIDIA-Nemotron-3.5-Super-VL-120B-A12B (NVFP4) NVIDIA | 1205 | 2,509 | OpenMDW-1.1 | -2 |
| 93 | GPT-5 mini (High) OpenAI | 1202 | 28,943 | Proprietary | -5 |
| 94 | Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) xAI | 1201 | 13,368 | Proprietary | -6 |
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 |
| 67 | Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct Alibaba | 1247 | 12,724 | 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-Thinking rank among vision models?
Overall rank 91 (1207); OCR rank 91 (1212); Diagrams rank 91 (1214); Homework rank 84 (1234); Creative writing rank 84 (1203); English rank 92 (1215); Chinese rank 85 (1219) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Thinking at OCR?
Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Thinking ranks 91 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1212 (1,322 votes).
Is Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Thinking better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #85 of 128 (1219); English board: #92 of 167 (1215). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Thinking 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-Thinking from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Thinking has 1207, 118 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 –.