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Qwen3 VL 32B

Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis

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Canonical slug: qwen3-vl-32b-reasoning · Canonical model registry at build time

Intelligence

18 score

Speed

86.8 output tokens/sec

Latency

2.77s TTFT

Input Price

$0.70 / 1M tokens

Output Price

$8.40 / 1M tokens

Executive Assessment

Routing Verdict & Tradeoffs

Ethen Routing Verdict

Capable everyday model

Qwen3 VL 32B (Reasoning) scores 18 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it well above average among other open weight models of similar size (median: 9). Qwen3 VL 32B (Reasoning) generates output at 86.8 tokens per second (based on Alibaba's API), which is below average compared to other open weight models of similar size (median: 101.0 t/s). Qwen3 VL 32B (Reasoning) costs $0.70 per 1M input tokens (at the higher end, median: $0.18) and $8.40 per 1M output tokens (at the higher end, median: $0.40), based on Alibaba's API.

Good for routine tasks; route complex reasoning and premium workloads to stronger models.

Task Fit Assessment

WorkloadRatingNotes
Complex reasoning & agentic workflowsviableIntelligence score 18 handles routine reasoning but may struggle with open-ended agentic tasks.
High-volume chat & customer-facingoptimalOutput speed 86.8 tokens/sec is adequate for chat.
Latency-sensitive applicationsviableTTFT 2.77s — latency may be noticeable in interactive use.
Cost-sensitive pipelinesviableOutput pricing at $8.40 is premium. Route high-volume simple tasks to cheaper alternatives.

Cost Pressure Analysis

High

Pricing is premium — input $0.70, output $8.40. This model is expensive for high-volume or output-heavy workloads.

Cheaper substitutes: Lower-cost models for repetitive or high-volume work, Cache-backed reuse for repeated prompts

Technical Specifications

Architecture and Limits

SpecificationValueValidation Authority
Model typeOpen weightsinferred
ReasoningYesfaq
Input modalitiesQwen3 VL 32B (Reasoning) supports text and image input.faq
Output modalitiesQwen3 VL 32B (Reasoning) supports text output.faq
Context window260k tokensfaq
Open weights / sourceYes, Qwen3 VL 32B (Reasoning) is open weights. The model weights are publicly available and can be downloaded for self-hosting.faq
ParametersQwen3 VL 32B (Reasoning) has 33.4 billion parameters.faq
LicenseQwen3 VL 32B (Reasoning) is released under the Apache 2.0 license. This license allows commercial use.faq
API availabilityYes, Qwen3 VL 32B (Reasoning) is available via API through 1 provider.faq

Evidence charts

Profile visualizations

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AA-Omniscience Index

AA-Omniscience Index (higher is better) measures knowledge reliability and hallucination. It rewards correct answers, penalizes hallucinations, and has no penalty for refusing to answer. Scores range from -100 to 100, where 0 means as many correct as incorrect answers, and negative scores mean more incorrect than correct. · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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-100-50050Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 4040AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…Gemini 3.5 Flash: 2323GGemini 3.5 FlashGPT-5.5 (xhigh): 2020AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Grok 4.3 (high): 1818xGrok 4.3 (high)Kimi K2.6: 6.46.4KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4.14.1?Muse SparkGLM-5.2 (max): 44?GLM-5.2 (max)MiniMax-M3: 1.41.4?MiniMax-M3Nemotron 3 Ultra: -0.8-0.8NNemotron 3 UltraDeepSeek V4 Pro (max): -10-10DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Qwen3 VL 32B: -50.2-50.2QQwen3 VL 32B

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index by Open Weights / Proprietary

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)Qwen3 VL 32B: 1818QQwen3 VL 32B

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)Qwen3 VL 32B: 1818QQwen3 VL 32B

Artificial Analysis Openness Index: Score

Openness Index assesses model openness on a 0 to 100 normalized scale (higher is more open) · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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050100Nemotron 3 Ultra: 8383NNemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano: 8383NNVIDIA Nemotron 3 NanoQwen3 VL 32B: 5050QQwen3 VL 32BDeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 5050DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Magistral Small 1.2: 5050?Magistral Small 1.2GLM-5.2 (max): 4444?GLM-5.2 (max)Qwen3 30B A3B 2507: 4444QQwen3 30B A3B 2507gpt-oss-120b (high): 3939AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Qwen3.6 27B: 3939QQwen3.6 27BQwen3.6 35B A3B: 3939QQwen3.6 35B A3B

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)Qwen3 VL 32B: 1818QQwen3 VL 32B

Output Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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088175263350gpt-oss-120b (high): 314314AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 250250NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 218218?GLM-5.2 (max)gpt-oss-20b (high): 195195AIgpt-oss-20b (high)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashMistral Small 3.1: 171171MiMistral Small 3.1Qwen3.6 35B A3B: 166166QQwen3.6 35B A3BGrok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)Qwen3 30B A3B 2507: 131131QQwen3 30B A3B 2507NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano: 110110NNVIDIA Nemotron 3 NanoQwen3 VL 32B: 8787QQwen3 VL 32B

Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

088175263350gpt-oss-120b (high): 314314AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 250250NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 218218?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashGrok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: 9999?MiniMax-M3GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 8888AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Qwen3 VL 32B: 8787QQwen3 VL 32BKimi K2.6: 7676KKimi K2.6DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 7272DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)

End-to-End Response Time

Seconds to output 500 tokens, including reasoning model 'thinking' time · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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0s15s30s45s60sGemma 4 31B: 15s15s?Gemma 4 31BQwen3.5 9B: 8.4s8.4sQQwen3.5 9BQwen3.6 27B: 8.3s8.3sQQwen3.6 27BDevstral Small 2: 7.4s7.4s?Devstral Small 2Kimi K2.6: 6.6s6.6sKKimi K2.6Ministral 3 14B: 6.4s6.4s?Ministral 3 14BMagistral Small 1.2: 6.2s6.2s?Magistral Small 1.2Qwen3 VL 32B: 5.8s5.8sQQwen3 VL 32BQwen3 32B: 5.4s5.4sQQwen3 32BMiniMax-M3: 5s5s?MiniMax-M3

Latency: Time To First Answer Token

Seconds to first answer token received · Accounts for reasoning model 'thinking' time · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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0s15s30s45s60sKimi K2.6: 58s58sKKimi K2.6Gemma 4 31B: 51s51s?Gemma 4 31BQwen3.5 9B: 34s34sQQwen3.5 9BQwen3.6 35B A3B: 33s33sQQwen3.6 35B A3BMagistral Small 1.2: 25s25s?Magistral Small 1.2Qwen3 VL 32B: 23s23sQQwen3 VL 32BQwen3 32B: 21s21sQQwen3 32BMiniMax-M3: 20s20s?MiniMax-M3NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano: 18s18sNNVIDIA Nemotron 3 NanoQwen3 30B A3B 2507: 15s15sQQwen3 30B A3B 2507

Context Window

Context window: tokens limit · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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0250k500k750k1MGemini 3.5 Flash: 1M1MGGemini 3.5 FlashClaude Fable 5 (with fallback): 1M1MAClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GLM-5.2 (max): 1M1M?GLM-5.2 (max)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 1M1MDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Grok 4.3 (high): 1M1MxGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: 1M1M?MiniMax-M3NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano: 1M1MNNVIDIA Nemotron 3 NanoGPT-5.5 (xhigh): 922k922kAIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 262k262kNNemotron 3 UltraMuse Spark: 262k262k?Muse SparkQwen3 VL 32B: 256k256kQQwen3 VL 32B

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task, segmented by token type. Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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00.51GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 0.10.1AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 0.10.1GGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.6 27B: 00QQwen3.6 27BGLM-5.2 (max): 00?GLM-5.2 (max)Qwen3.6 27B: 00QQwen3.6 27BKimi K2.6: 00KKimi K2.6Qwen3.6 35B A3B: 00QQwen3.6 35B A3BNemotron 3 Ultra: 00NNemotron 3 UltraMiniMax-M3: 00?MiniMax-M3Grok 4.3 (high): 00xGrok 4.3 (high)

Cost per Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00$4.00$5.00Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): $2.75$2.75AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): $0.86$0.86AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: $0.59$0.59GGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-5.2 (max): $0.37$0.37?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: $0.35$0.35KKimi K2.6Nemotron 3 Ultra: $0.24$0.24NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): $0.14$0.14xGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: $0.12$0.12?MiniMax-M3gpt-oss-120b (high): $0.06$0.06AIgpt-oss-120b (high)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): $0.04$0.04DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)

Cost to Run Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Cost (USD) to run all evaluations in the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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050100150200Qwen3.6 35B A3B: 165165QQwen3.6 35B A3BGPT-5.5 (xhigh): 132132AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 114114GGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.6 27B: 8888QQwen3.6 27BNemotron 3 Ultra: 3434NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 3333?GLM-5.2 (max)Qwen3.6 27B: 2828QQwen3.6 27BKimi K2.6: 2525KKimi K2.6MiniMax-M3: 1515?MiniMax-M3Grok 4.3 (high): 1313xGrok 4.3 (high)

Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output

Price (USD per M Tokens) · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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0250k500k750k1MQwen3 VL 32B: 9.19.1QQwen3 VL 32BQwen3 32B: 9.19.1QQwen3 32BGLM-5.2 (max): 6.16.1?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: 5.15.1KKimi K2.6Qwen3.6 27B: 4.24.2QQwen3.6 27BQwen3.6 27B: 4.24.2QQwen3.6 27BGrok 4.3 (high): 44xGrok 4.3 (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 3.63.6NNemotron 3 UltraQwen3 30B A3B 2507: 2.62.6QQwen3 30B A3B 2507Magistral Small 1.2: 22?Magistral Small 1.2inputoutputcache Hit

Time per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average decode time (minutes) per task; excludes TTFT and overhead time · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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02468DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 6.86.8DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Qwen3.6 27B: 6.56.5QQwen3.6 27BGemma 4 31B: 5.55.5?Gemma 4 31BClaude Fable 5 (with fallback): 4.84.8AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…MiniMax-M3: 3.93.9?MiniMax-M3NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano: 3.23.2NNVIDIA Nemotron 3 NanoGPT-5.5 (xhigh): 33AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Qwen3.6 27B: 33QQwen3.6 27BGLM-5.2 (max): 2.82.8?GLM-5.2 (max)Qwen3.6 35B A3B: 2.62.6QQwen3.6 35B A3B

Model Size: Total and Active Parameters

Comparison between total model parameters and parameters active during inference · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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0250k500k750k1MDeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 1.6k1.6kDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 1k1kKKimi K2.6GLM-5.2 (max): 753753?GLM-5.2 (max)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 550550NNemotron 3 UltraMiniMax-M3: 428428?MiniMax-M3gpt-oss-120b (high): 117117AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Qwen3.6 35B A3B: 3636QQwen3.6 35B A3BQwen3 VL 32B: 3333QQwen3 VL 32BQwen3 32B: 3333QQwen3 32BNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano: 3232NNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nanopassive Paramsactive Params

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Qwen3 VL 32B (Reasoning) was released on October 21, 2025.

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