Vision Medium vs Qwen Plus Character (Japanese)
Vision Medium comes out ahead, 84 to 15 on our weighted score.
- Our pick
VisparkVision Medium
84/100- ECI—
- Price—
- Context1M
Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen Plus Character (Japanese)
15/100- ECI—
- Price$0.50 / $1.40
- Context8K
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Vision Medium is our pick
Vision Medium is the better all-round choice, scoring 84/100 against Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) (15). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
- CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
- Lowest priceQwen Plus Character (Japanese)Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) $0.725 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend) · Vision Medium unpriced
- Longest contextVision MediumVision Medium 1,000,000 · Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) 8,192 tokens
- Widest inputsVision MediumVision Medium: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video · Qwen Plus Character (Japanese): Text
- Self-hostingNo open weightsBoth are available only through APIs
| Measure | Weight | Vision Medium | Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inputs & features | 60% | 100 | 25 |
| Context window | 40% | 60 | 0 |
| Overall | 100% | 84/100 | 15/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability and price. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | Vision MediumVispark | Qwen Plus Character (Japanese)Alibaba (Qwen) |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | ||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | ||
| Input | — | $0.50 |
| Output | — | $1.40 |
| Cached input | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | — | $0.725 |
| Long-context rate | — | Same rate |
| Price source | — | Official Alibaba API |
| Limits | ||
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens (best) | 8,192 tokens |
| Max output | 65,536 tokens (best) | 512 tokens |
| Inputs and features | ||
| Text | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | No |
| PDFs | Yes | No |
| Audio | Yes | No |
| Video | Yes | No |
| Reasoning | Yes | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | No |
| Availability | ||
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| API model ID | — | qwen-plus-character-ja |
| API providers | — | 1 |
| Released | May 15, 2024 | Jan 2024 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | Apr 2024 |
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- Vision Medium—
- Qwen Plus Character (Japanese)$7.80
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Vision Medium or Qwen Plus Character (Japanese)?
Vision Medium is the better all-round choice, scoring 84/100 against Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) (15). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
Which is cheaper, Vision Medium or Qwen Plus Character (Japanese)?
Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) is cheaper at $0.50 input / $1.40 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). . At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.725 per million tokens for Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) versus . Vision Medium has no published per-token price.
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers both models yet. Vision Medium has not been scored yet and Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Vision Medium and Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Vision Medium has the largest context window at 1,000,000 tokens, against 8,192 for Qwen Plus Character (Japanese). Maximum output per response: Vision Medium up to 65,536, Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) up to 512 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Vision Medium accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video; Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) accepts text. Vision Medium handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
No. Vision Medium and Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.
Which is newer?
Vision Medium is the newest, released May 15, 2024. Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) came out Jan 2024. Knowledge cutoff: Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) Apr 2024.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.
