Model Comparison

Qwen3 32B vs Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking

Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Qwen3 32B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking is better at 1 benchmark (AIME 2025).

Qwen3 VL 32B 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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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 32B
Input tokens$0.10
Output tokens$0.30
Best providerDeepinfra
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

200.0M diff

Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking has 0.2B more parameters than Qwen3 32B, making it 0.6% larger.

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 32B
32.8Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking
33.0Bparameters
32.8B
Qwen3 32B
33.0B
Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen3 32B specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Qwen3 32B specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 32B
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3 32B does not.

Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Qwen3 32B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3 VL 32B 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.

Qwen3 32B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Qwen3 32B was released on 2025-04-29, while Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking was released on 2025-09-22.

Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking is 5 months newer than Qwen3 32B.

Qwen3 32B

Apr 29, 2025

11 months ago

Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking

Sep 22, 2025

6 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

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen3 32B

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Larger context window (128,000 tokens)
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Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Supports multimodal inputs
Higher AIME 2025 score (83.7% vs 72.9%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
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Qwen3 32B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking

FAQ

Common questions about Qwen3 32B vs Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking

Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Qwen3 32B is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team and Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Qwen3 32B scores Arena Hard: 93.8%, AIME 2024: 81.4%, LiveBench: 74.9%, MultiLF: 73.0%, AIME 2025: 72.9%. Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking scores DocVQAtest: 96.1%, ScreenSpot: 95.7%, MMLU-Redux: 91.9%, MMBench-V1.1: 90.8%, CharXiv-D: 90.2%.
Qwen3 32B supports 128K tokens and Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking supports an unknown number of 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.