Noometry

Model comparison

Qwen Plus vs Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Plus costs 2.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Qwen Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

37.1

Rank #210 Confirmed

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B Alibaba (Qwen)

43.2

Rank #95 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen Plus scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads 39.0 to 23.3.
  • Qwen Plus is cheaper at $0.40 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.70 / $2.80 for Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B.
  • Qwen Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.
  • Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen PlusQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index37.143.2
Released2024-01-252025-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M131K
Max output33K33K
Input $ / M tokens$0.40$0.70
Output $ / M tokens$1.20$2.80
Results tracked2018

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 42.4 (#100)

BenchmarkQwen PlusQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Coding13281439

Reasoning Too close to call

Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 29.3 (#92)

BenchmarkQwen PlusQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Hard Prompts13171428
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.3%—
DTBench81.1%—
LMCA24%—

Math Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.0 (#118)

BenchmarkQwen PlusQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Math13261426
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202517.8%—
MATH Level 565.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%—

Knowledge Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 40.3 (#121)

BenchmarkQwen PlusQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Expert13281442
GPQA Diamond48.1%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Qwen Plus: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.8 (#55)

BenchmarkQwen PlusQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Vision—1247

Multilingual Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 51.9 (#97)

BenchmarkQwen PlusQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Non-English13101405
LMArena Chinese13471463
LMArena Japanese12511385
LMArena Russian13231408
LMArena French—1452
LMArena German—1424
LMArena Korean—1394
LMArena Spanish—1428

Instruction Following Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 74.2 (#101)

BenchmarkQwen PlusQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Instruction Following13031406

Long Context Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 43.4 (#98)

BenchmarkQwen PlusQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Longer Query13241420

Writing & Preference Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 60.2 (#99)

BenchmarkQwen PlusQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Text13261420
LMArena Creative Writing12931366
LMArena Multi-Turn13361428

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen Plus better than Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Plus costs 2.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Qwen Plus or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?

Qwen Plus is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B lists at $0.70 and $2.80.

Is Qwen Plus or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B better for coding?

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 38.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen Plus does, with 1M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Qwen Plus and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen Plus has 20 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has 18.

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