- Context
- 262Ktokens
- Released
- 1y ago
Qwen vision-language model for visual reasoning, documents, and agent tasks
- Multimodal model
- Accepts images
- Tools
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- Source model
- alibaba/qwen3-vl-flash
- Last updated
- 2025-10-15
- Model context
- 262K
- Model output limit
- 33K
- Open weights
- No
- File attachments
- Yes
- Reasoning
- No
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Temperature control
- Yes
Complete source record (JSON)
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"name": "Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)",
"description": "Qwen vision-language model for visual reasoning, documents, and agent tasks",
"last_updated": "2025-10-15",
"attachment": true,
"reasoning": false,
"tool_call": true,
"temperature": true,
"modalities": {
"input": [
"text",
"image"
],
"output": [
"text"
]
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"output": 32768
},
"release_date": "2025-10-15",
"open_weights": false
}Frequently asked questions
Capabilities and specs
Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) has a context window of 262K tokens (262,144). Its maximum output is 33K tokens (32,768).
No. Its input modalities are text and image only, so audio, video and PDFs are not supported.
Yes. Tool calling (function calling) is supported.
No. A reasoning or thinking mode is not supported.
Quality and benchmarks
Seed 1.6 by ByteDance, Composer 1 by Cursor and ERNIE X1.1 by Baidu. They were matched on model kind and release date, with no comparable price.
Seed 1.6Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) vs Seed 1.6Composer 1Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) vs Composer 1ERNIE X1.1Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) vs ERNIE X1.1
Kimi K3. It is the highest-ranked open-weight model on Arena Text at rank 19, while Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is closed.
Versions and lineage
Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) has a 262K token (262,144) context and was released October 15, 2025. Qwen3 235B-A22B has a 131K token (131,072) context and was released April 28, 2025.
Qwen3 235B-A22BQwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) vs Qwen3 235B-A22B
Licensing and access
No. Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is closed, not open source or open weights.
Basics
Qwen made Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud), and it was released on October 15, 2025.
Generated from Vertical Tabs data, updated November 12, 2026.


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