Model Comparison

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

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

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

4 benchmarks

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct is better at 4 benchmarks (MMLU, MMLU-Pro, MMLU-Redux, MultiPL-E).

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct 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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Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Input tokens$0.00

Output tokens$0.00

Best providerUnknown Organization

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

Input tokens$0.30

Output tokens$1.49

Best providerDeepinfra

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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

203.5B diff

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct has 203.5B more parameters than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct, making it 626.2% larger.

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

32.5Bparameters

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

236.0Bparameters

32.5B

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

236.0B

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

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

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Input- tokens

Output- tokens

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

Input262,144 tokens

Output262,144 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen2.5 32B Instruct does not.

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

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Text

Images

Audio

Video

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

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.

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19, while Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct was released on 2025-09-22.

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct is 12 months newer than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct.

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Sep 19, 2024

1.6 years ago

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

Sep 22, 2025

7 months ago

1.0yr 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

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Larger context window (262,144 tokens)

Supports multimodal inputs

Higher MMLU score (88.8% vs 83.3%)

Higher MMLU-Pro score (81.8% vs 69.0%)

Higher MMLU-Redux score (92.2% vs 83.9%)

Higher MultiPL-E score (86.1% vs 75.4%)

Detailed Comparison

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Feature	Qwen2.5 32B Instruct	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Qwen2.5 32B Instruct vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores GSM8k: 95.9%, HumanEval: 88.4%, HellaSwag: 85.2%, BBH: 84.5%, MBPP: 84.0%. Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct scores DocVQAtest: 97.1%, ScreenSpot: 95.4%, MMLU-Redux: 92.2%, OCRBench: 92.0%, MMBench-V1.1: 89.9%.

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct 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.

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

Performance Benchmarks

Arena Performance

Pricing Analysis

Model Size

Context Window

Input Capabilities

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

License

Release Timeline

Knowledge Cutoff

Outputs Comparison

Key Takeaways

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

Detailed Comparison

FAQ

Which is better, Qwen2.5 32B Instruct or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?

How does Qwen2.5 32B Instruct compare to Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct in benchmarks?

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