Image understanding and classification
16
Models
13
Benchmarks
10
Providers
15
Open Weight
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Deployable Now
15 self-host
9
Structured benchmark-backed rows
1
Signal-backed rows without full normalized tables
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Benchmark-expected rows still catching up
| # | Model | Economic Footprint | Quality | Params | GAIA | HumanEval | MMLU | TerminalBench 2.0 | $/M In | Speed | Open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct Qwen Self-Host |
| 44.0 |
| 41.3 |
| 235B |
| 44.2 |
| 59.4 |
| 82.3 |
| 45.3 |
$0.2600/M Cheapest verified |
| — |
1 | Qwen3.8 Max Qwen Self-HostStructured | 43.7 | 53.2 | Unknown | 44.2 | 52.9 | — | — | $2.00/M Cheapest verified | — |
12 | Qwen3.5-9B Qwen Self-HostStructured | 41.9 | 53.1 | 9B | 14.0 | — | — | 9.2 | $0.1000/M Cheapest verified | — |
2 | Llama 3.2 11B Vision Instruct Meta Open WeightsStructured | 39.9 | 21.2 | 11B | — | — | — | — | $0.3450/M Cheapest verified | — |
6 | Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking Qwen Self-HostStructured | 38.5 | 38.4 | 235B | 44.2 | — | — | — | $0.4000/M Cheapest verified | — |
10 | Qwen VL Max Qwen Open WeightsStructured | 31.5 | 32.5 | Unknown | — | — | — | — | $0.5200/M Cheapest verified | — |
11 | Qwen VL Plus Qwen Open WeightsStructured | 31.4 | 21.2 | Unknown | — | — | — | — | $0.1365/M Cheapest verified | — |
7 | Qwen3.7 Flash Qwen Self-HostStructured | 28.5 | 26.7 | Unknown | 44.2 | — | — | — | $0.0300/M Cheapest verified | — |
26 | nemotron-ocr-v2 NVIDIA Free TrialProvider-reported* | 14.1 | 36.8 | Undisclosed | — | — | — | — | — | — |
10 | lucida egeorcun Open WeightsNot standardized | — | — | Unknown | — | — | — | — | Free Free | — |
11 | NuExtract3 numind Open WeightsNot standardized | — | — | Unknown | — | — | — | — | Free Free | — |
12 | Falcon-OCR tiiuae Open WeightsPending | — | — | Unknown | — | — | — | — | Free Free | — |
13 | OppaiOracle Grio43 Open WeightsNot standardized | — | — | Unknown | — | — | — | — | Free Free | — |
14 | FireRed-OCR FireRedTeam Open WeightsPending | — | — | Unknown | — | — | — | — | Free Free | — |
15 | Zero-To-CAD-Qwen3-VL-2B ADSKAILab Self-HostStructured | — | — | 2B | 44.2 | — | — | — | Free Free | — |
16 | PP-OCRv6_medium_det_safetensors PaddlePaddle Open WeightsNot standardized | — | — | Unknown | — | — | — | — | Free Free | — |