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Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B Thinking is a multimodal model that unifies strong text generation with visual understanding across images and video. The Thinking model is optimized for multimodal reasoning in STEM and math. The series emphasizes robust perception (recognition of diverse real-world and synthetic categories), spatial understanding (2D/3D grounding), and long-form visual comprehension, with competitive results on public multimodal benchmarks for both perception and reasoning. Beyond analysis, Qwen3-VL supports agentic interaction and tool use: it can follow complex instructions over multi-image, multi-turn dialogues; align text to video timelines for precise temporal queries; and operate GUI elements for automation tasks. The models also enable visual coding workflows, turning sketches or mockups into code and assisting with UI debugging, while maintaining strong text-only performance comparable to the flagship Qwen3 language models. This makes Qwen3-VL suitable for production scenarios spanning document AI, multilingual OCR, software/UI assistance, spatial/embodied tasks, and research on vision-language agents.

9/23/2025
131,072 tokens
#83 Vision (Overall)

Specifications

Modalities

Input
text
image
Output
text

Supported Parameters

frequency_penalty
include_reasoning
max_tokens
presence_penalty
reasoning
repetition_penalty
response_format
seed
stop
structured_outputs
temperature
tool_choice
tools
top_k
top_p

Max Output Tokens

32,768

Reasoning Configuration

Default
Thinking on
Turning thinking off
Not possible (always thinks)

How to control thinking, and what it costs

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking available on FastMetal?
Not at the moment. Qwen3.8 Max (0902), from the same lab, is available on the FastMetal API today.
What is the context window of Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking?
131,072 tokens, shared between the prompt and the response.
How does Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking rank?
#154 on the public arena's Overall board (ELO 1,395). Ranks move as the leaderboard is updated.

Leaderboard

Text
OverallELO: 1,395
#154
ChineseELO: 1,426
#151
KoreanELO: 1,350
#119
EnglishELO: 1,404
#162
germanELO: 1,415
#100
spanishELO: 1,403
#123
russianELO: 1,384
#153
CodingELO: 1,453
#137
MathELO: 1,401
#143
Creative WritingELO: 1,340
#175
Instruction FollowingELO: 1,383
#156
Hard PromptsELO: 1,418
#149
Multi-TurnELO: 1,383
#170
Vision
OverallELO: 1,188
#83