Model Comparison

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking is better at 2 benchmarks (IFEval, MMLU).

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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IBM
IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking
Input tokens$0.45
Output tokens$3.49
Best providerDeepinfra
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

229.0B diff

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking has 229.0B more parameters than IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview, making it 3271.4% larger.

IBM
IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview
7.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking
236.0Bparameters
7.0B
IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview
236.0B
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking specifies input context (262,144 tokens). Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking specifies output context (262,144 tokens).

IBM
IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking
Input262,144 tokens
Output262,144 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking supports multimodal inputs, whereas IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview does not.

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under Apache 2.0.

Both models share the same licensing terms, providing consistent usage rights.

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview was released on 2025-05-02, while Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking was released on 2025-09-22.

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking is 5 months newer than IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview.

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview

May 2, 2025

12 months ago

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

Sep 22, 2025

7 months ago

4mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Larger context window (262,144 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher IFEval score (88.2% vs 63.0%)
Higher MMLU score (90.6% vs 60.4%)

Detailed Comparison

FAQ

Common questions about IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview is made by IBM and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview scores AttaQ: 86.1%, HumanEval: 82.4%, HumanEval+: 78.3%, GSM8k: 70.1%, IFEval: 63.0%. Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking scores ZebraLogic: 97.3%, DocVQAtest: 96.5%, ScreenSpot: 95.4%, CountBench: 93.7%, MMLU-Redux: 93.7%.
IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview supports an unknown number of tokens and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking supports 262K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include multimodal support (no vs yes). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview is developed by IBM and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.