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    Alibaba Cloud Model Studio:Visual understanding models

    Last Updated:Apr 23, 2026

    Choose the right model for your use case, such as image analysis, video understanding, or OCR.

    Image and video understanding

    Start with qwen3.6-plus, the flagship Qwen model. It supports 1M context window, up to 2-hour videos, function calling, and built-in tools. Once your application is stable, you can switch to qwen3.6-flash to reduce costs. It offers near-flagship performance with the same context length and feature set.

    Image resolution

    Most models support up to 16 million pixels per image. Higher resolutions use more tokens. Token count per image: h x w / (32 x 32) + 2.

    Video support

    • Up to 2 hours / 2 GB: qwen3.6-plus, qwen3.6-flash, qwen3.5-plus, qwen3.5-flash

    • Up to 1 hour / 2 GB: qwen3-vl-plus, qwen3-vl-flash

    • Up to 1 hour / 2 GB: qwen3.5-omni-plus, qwen3.5-omni-flash (also supports audio input)

    Function calling and built-in tools

    Allows the model to perform actions based on image or video content.

    • Function calling: Supported by the Qwen3.6, Qwen3.5, and Qwen3-VL series.

    • Built-in tools (web search, code execution, no setup required): Available for qwen3.6-plus, qwen3.6-flash, qwen3.5-plus, and qwen3.5-flash.

    Structured output

    Get valid JSON output from visual inputs, such as extracting product details from a photo.

    Supported by the Qwen3.6, Qwen3.5, and Qwen3-VL series in non-thinking mode.

    OCR and document extraction

    qwen-vl-ocr is optimized for text extraction from documents, tables, exam papers, and handwritten content. For general text extraction from images, use qwen3.6-plus or qwen3.6-flash.

    Recommended models

    Model

    Context

    Max pixels/image

    Max video duration

    Max video size

    Max images

    Max videos

    Function calling

    Built-in tools

    Structured output

    qwen3.6-plus

    1M

    16M

    2 hours

    2 GB

    256

    64

    Supported

    Supported

    Supported

    qwen3.6-flash

    1M

    16M

    2 hours

    2 GB

    256

    64

    Supported

    Supported

    Supported

    qwen3.5-omni-plus

    64k

    --

    1 hour

    2 GB

    2,048

    512

    Supported

    --

    Supported

    All models

    Qwen3.6

    Model ID

    Input

    Output

    Context

    Max output

    Max images

    Max videos

    Function calling

    Built-in tools

    Structured output

    qwen3.6-plus

    Text, images, video

    Text

    1M

    64k

    256

    64

    Supported

    Supported

    Supported

    qwen3.6-plus-2026-04-02

    Text, images, video

    Text

    1M

    64k

    256

    64

    Supported

    Supported

    Supported

    qwen3.6-flash

    Text, images, video

    Text

    1M

    64k

    256

    64

    Supported

    Supported

    Supported

    qwen3.6-flash-2026-04-16

    Text, images, video

    Text

    1M

    64k

    256

    64

    Supported

    Supported

    Supported

    qwen3.6-35b-a3b

    Text, images, video

    Text

    256k

    64k

    256

    64

    Supported

    Supported

    Supported

    Qwen3.5

    Model ID

    Input

    Output

    Context

    Max output

    Max images

    Max videos

    Function calling

    Built-in tools

    Structured output

    qwen3.5-plus

    Text, images, video

    Text

    1M

    64k

    256

    64

    Supported

    Supported

    Supported

    qwen3.5-plus-2026-02-15

    Text, images, video

    Text

    1M

    64k

    256

    64

    Supported

    Supported

    Supported

    qwen3.5-flash

    Text, images, video

    Text

    1M

    64k

    256

    64

    Supported

    Supported

    Supported

    qwen3.5-flash-2026-02-23

    Text, images, video

    Text

    1M

    64k

    256

    64

    Supported

    Supported

    Supported

    qwen3.5-397b-a17b

    Text, images, video

    Text

    32k

    8k

    256

    64

    Supported

    Supported

    Supported

    qwen3.5-122b-a10b

    Text, images, video

    Text

    32k

    8k

    256

    64

    Supported

    Supported

    Supported

    qwen3.5-27b

    Text, images, video

    Text

    32k

    8k

    256

    64

    Supported

    Supported

    Supported

    qwen3.5-35b-a3b

    Text, images, video

    Text

    32k

    8k

    256

    64

    Supported

    Supported

    Supported

    Legacy and other models

    These models are no longer recommended. For new projects, use the Qwen3.6 or Qwen3.5 series. For full model specifications, visit the Models page.

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    View list of legacy and other models

    Qwen3-VL

    • qwen3-vl-plus

    • qwen3-vl-plus-2026-01-25

    • qwen3-vl-flash

    • qwen3-vl-flash-2026-01-25

    Qwen2.5-VL

    • qwen2.5-vl-72b-instruct

    • qwen2.5-vl-32b-instruct

    • qwen2.5-vl-7b-instruct

    • qwen2.5-vl-3b-instruct

    Qwen-Omni

    • qwen3-omni-flash

    • qwen3-omni-flash-2025-10-22

    • qwen-omni-turbo and its snapshot versions

    Qwen-OCR

    • qwen-vl-ocr

    • qwen-vl-ocr-latest

    • qwen-vl-ocr-2025-07-14

    QVQ

    • qvq-max

    • qvq-max-2025-08-28

    • qvq-plus

    • qvq-plus-2025-08-27

    Legacy Qwen-VL

    • qwen-vl-max and its snapshots

    • qwen-vl-plus and its snapshots