AI Models with Vision

236 multimodal AI models that support image input and visual understanding, ranked by composite score. These models can analyze images, screenshots, diagrams, and documents alongside text prompts.

Vision Models

236

Of All Models

57%

Providers

Avg Score

Vision Model Rankings

All 236 models with vision capability, sorted by composite score. Score is computed from capabilities, pricing, context window, recency, output capacity, and versatility.

#	Model	Provider	Score	Context	Input/1M	Output/1M
1	Claude Opus 4.7 (Fast)Anthropic	Anthropic	90.9	1M	$30.00	$150.00
2	GPT-5.5 ProOpenAI	OpenAI	90.9	1.1M	$30.00	$180.00
3	GPT-5.4 ProOpenAI	OpenAI	90.9	1.1M	$30.00	$180.00
4	GPT-5.5 Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	88.4	1.1M	$15.00	$90.00
5	GPT-5.4 Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	88.4	1.1M	$15.00	$90.00
6	GPT-5.2 ProOpenAI	OpenAI	88.1	400K	$21.00	$168.00
7	GPT-5 ProOpenAI	OpenAI	86.4	400K	$15.00	$120.00
8	GPT-5.2 Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	84.1	400K	$10.50	$84.00
9	Claude Opus 5 (Fast)Anthropic	Anthropic	78.4	1M	$10.00	$50.00
10	Claude Fable Latest~anthropic	~anthropic	78.4	1M	$10.00	$50.00
11	Claude Fable 5Anthropic	Anthropic	78.4	1M	$10.00	$50.00
12	Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast)Anthropic	Anthropic	78.4	1M	$10.00	$50.00
13	o3 ProOpenAI	OpenAI	77.3	200K	$20.00	$80.00
14	GPT-5 Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	76.4	400K	$7.50	$60.00
15	o1-proOpenAI	OpenAI	76.4	200K	$150.00	$600.00
16	o1-pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	76.4	200K	$75.00	$300.00
17	GPT-5.6 Sol ProOpenAI	OpenAI	73.4	1.1M	$5.00	$30.00
18	GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI	OpenAI	73.4	1.1M	$5.00	$30.00
19	OpenAI GPT Latest~openai	~openai	73.4	1.1M	$5.00	$30.00
20	GPT-5.5OpenAI	OpenAI	73.4	1.1M	$5.00	$30.00
21	Claude Opus 4.1Anthropic	Anthropic	73.1	200K	$15.00	$75.00
22	Claude Opus 5Anthropic	Anthropic	72.1	1M	$5.00	$25.00
23	Claude Fable 5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	72.1	1M	$5.00	$25.00
24	Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic	Anthropic	72.1	1M	$5.00	$25.00
25	Claude Opus Latest~anthropic	~anthropic	72.1	1M	$5.00	$25.00
26	Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic	Anthropic	72.1	1M	$5.00	$25.00
27	Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic	Anthropic	71.9	1M	$5.00	$25.00
28	Google Gemini Pro Latest~google	~google	71.8	1.0M	$2.00	$12.00
29	Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom ToolsGoogle	Google	71.8	1.0M	$2.00	$12.00
30	Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle	Google	71.8	1.0M	$2.00	$12.00
31	Fugu Ultrasakana	sakana	71.7	1M	$5.00	$30.00
32	Claude Opus 4Anthropic	Anthropic	71.1	200K	$15.00	$75.00
33	Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle	Google	71	1.0M	$1.50	$9.00
34	Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle	Google	70.6	1.0M	$1.50	$7.50
35	Google Gemini Flash Latest~google	~google	70.6	1.0M	$1.50	$7.50
36	Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (batch)Google	Google	70.3	1.0M	$1.00	$6.00
37	Gemini 3.5 Flash (batch)Google	Google	69.9	1.0M	$0.75	$4.50
38	GPT-5.4 Image 2OpenAI	OpenAI	69.9	272K	$8.00	$15.00
39	Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch)Google	Google	69.7	1.0M	$0.75	$3.75
40	GPT-5.6 Sol Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	69.7	1.1M	$2.50	$15.00
41	GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	69.7	1.1M	$2.50	$15.00
42	GPT-5.5 (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	69.7	1.1M	$2.50	$15.00
43	GPT-5.4OpenAI	OpenAI	69.7	1.1M	$2.50	$15.00
44	Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic	Anthropic	69.6	1M	$3.00	$15.00
45	Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle	Google	69.4	1.0M	$0.30	$2.50
46	Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)Google	Google	69.3	131.1K	$2.00	$12.00
47	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (batch)Google	Google	69.1	1.0M	$0.15	$1.25
48	Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteGoogle	Google	69.1	1.0M	$0.25	$1.50
49	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite PreviewGoogle	Google	69.1	1.0M	$0.25	$1.50
50	Claude Opus 5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	69	1M	$2.50	$12.50
51	Claude Opus 4.8 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	69	1M	$2.50	$12.50
52	Claude Opus 4.7 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	69	1M	$2.50	$12.50
53	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch)Google	Google	68.9	1.0M	$0.13	$0.75
54	GPT Chat LatestOpenAI	OpenAI	68.8	400K	$5.00	$30.00
55	Claude Opus 4.6 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	68.7	1M	$2.50	$12.50
56	Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic	Anthropic	68.4	1M	$2.00	$10.00
57	Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest~anthropic	~anthropic	68.4	1M	$2.00	$10.00
58	GPT-5.3-CodexOpenAI	OpenAI	68.4	400K	$1.75	$14.00
59	Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle	Google	67.9	1.0M	$0.50	$3.00
60	GPT-5.4 (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	67.8	1.1M	$1.25	$7.50
61	Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	67.7	1M	$1.50	$7.50
62	Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic	Anthropic	67.7	200K	$5.00	$25.00
63	Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)Google	Google	67.6	1.0M	$0.25	$1.50
64	o1OpenAI	OpenAI	67.5	200K	$15.00	$60.00
65	GPT-5.6 Terra ProOpenAI	OpenAI	67.4	1.1M	$1.00	$6.00
66	GPT-5.6 Terra Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	67.4	1.1M	$1.00	$6.00
67	GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI	OpenAI	67.4	1.1M	$1.00	$6.00
68	GPT-5.6 Terra (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	67.4	1.1M	$1.00	$6.00
69	MoonshotAI Kimi Latest~moonshotai	~moonshotai	67.4	1.0M	$2.80	$14.00
70	Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)Google	Google	67.4	262.1K	Free	Free
71	Gemma 4 31B (free)Google	Google	67.4	262.1K	Free	Free
72	Claude Opus 4.1 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	67.3	200K	$7.50	$37.50
73	o3 Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	67.3	200K	$10.00	$40.00
74	Claude Sonnet 5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	67.1	1M	$1.00	$5.00
75	GPT-5.2OpenAI	OpenAI	66.6	400K	$1.75	$14.00
76	GPT-5.6 Luna ProOpenAI	OpenAI	66.1	1.1M	$0.10	$0.60
77	GPT-5.6 Luna Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	66.1	1.1M	$0.10	$0.60
78	GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI	OpenAI	66.1	1.1M	$0.10	$0.60
79	GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	66.1	1.1M	$0.10	$0.60
80	Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free)NVIDIA	NVIDIA	66	256K	Free	Free
81	OpenAI GPT Mini Latest~openai	~openai	66	400K	$0.75	$4.50
82	GPT-5.4 MiniOpenAI	OpenAI	66	400K	$0.75	$4.50
83	GPT-5.2-CodexOpenAI	OpenAI	65.9	400K	$1.75	$14.00
84	GPT-5 ImageOpenAI	OpenAI	65.7	400K	$10.00	$10.00
85	GPT-5.4 Mini (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	65.5	400K	$0.38	$2.25
86	Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic	Anthropic	65.4	1M	$3.00	$15.00
87	GPT-5.4 NanoOpenAI	OpenAI	65.2	400K	$0.20	$1.25
88	GPT-5.4 Nano (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	65.1	400K	$0.10	$0.63
89	Sakana Namazusakana	sakana	65	262.1K	$0.95	$4.00
90	Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest~anthropic	~anthropic	64.9	200K	$1.00	$5.00
91	GPT-5.2 (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	64.9	400K	$0.88	$7.00
92	GPT-5.1OpenAI	OpenAI	64.9	400K	$1.25	$10.00
93	Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle	Google	64.7	1.0M	$1.25	$10.00
94	Claude Opus 4.5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	64.6	200K	$2.50	$12.50
95	MiMo-V2.5Xiaomi	Xiaomi	64.1	1.1M	$0.14	$0.28
96	Inklingthinkingmachines	thinkingmachines	63.9	1.0M	$0.95	$4.05
97	Muse Spark 1.2meta	meta	63.8	1.0M	$1.25	$4.25
98	Qwen3.8 MaxAlibaba	Alibaba	63.8	1M	$2.00	$6.00
99	Muse Spark 1.1meta	meta	63.8	1.0M	$1.25	$4.25
100	GPT-5.1-Codex-MaxOpenAI	OpenAI	63.8	400K	$1.25	$10.00
101	GPT-5 Image MiniOpenAI	OpenAI	63.8	400K	$2.50	$2.00
102	GPT-5.1 (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	63.7	400K	$0.63	$5.00
103	MiniMax M3MiniMax	MiniMax	63.6	1.0M	$0.30	$1.20
104	Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06Google	Google	63.6	1.0M	$1.25	$10.00
105	Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)Google	Google	63.5	131.1K	$0.50	$3.00
106	Claude Sonnet 4.5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	63.5	1M	$1.50	$7.50
107	Gemini 2.5 Pro (batch)Google	Google	63.4	1.0M	$0.63	$5.00
108	Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)Google	Google	63.3	65.5K	$0.50	$3.00
109	GPT-5.1-CodexOpenAI	OpenAI	63.2	400K	$1.25	$10.00
110	Gemini 2.5 Flash LiteGoogle	Google	63.2	1.0M	$0.10	$0.40
111	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch)Google	Google	63.2	1.0M	$0.05	$0.20
112	Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)Google	Google	62.9	65.5K	$0.25	$1.50
113	Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle	Google	62.8	1.0M	$0.30	$2.50
114	Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)Google	Google	62.7	65.5K	$2.00	$12.00
115	Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05Google	Google	62.7	1.0M	$1.25	$10.00
116	Gemini 2.5 Flash (batch)Google	Google	62.5	1.0M	$0.15	$1.25
117	Inkling Smallthinkingmachines	thinkingmachines	62.4	524.3K	$0.45	$1.20
118	Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20Alibaba	Alibaba	62.3	1M	$0.30	$1.80
119	Qwen3.6 27BAlibaba	Alibaba	62.3	262.1K	$0.60	$3.60
120	Qwen3.6 PlusAlibaba	Alibaba	62.3	1M	$0.33	$1.95
121	Qwen3.5 397B A17BAlibaba	Alibaba	62.3	262.1K	$0.50	$3.60
122	Lyria 3 Pro PreviewGoogle	Google	62.2	1.0M	Free	Free
123	Lyria 3 Clip PreviewGoogle	Google	62.2	1.0M	Free	Free
124	Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15Alibaba	Alibaba	62.2	1M	$0.26	$1.56
125	GPT-5OpenAI	OpenAI	62.2	400K	$1.25	$10.00
126	Qwen3.6 FlashAlibaba	Alibaba	62.1	1M	$0.19	$1.13
127	Seed 2.1 TurboByteDance	ByteDance	62	262.1K	$0.50	$2.50
128	Qwen3.5-FlashAlibaba	Alibaba	61.9	1M	$0.07	$0.26
129	Qwen3.7 FlashAlibaba	Alibaba	61.8	1M	$0.03	$0.13
130	Seed-2.0-CodeByteDance	ByteDance	61.7	262.1K	$0.50	$3.00
131	Step 3.7 FlashStepFun	StepFun	61.7	262.1K	$0.20	$1.15
132	Qwen3.6 35B A3BAlibaba	Alibaba	61.7	262.1K	$0.15	$1.00
133	GLM 5V TurboZhipu AI	Zhipu AI	61.7	202.8K	$1.20	$4.00
134	Qwen3.5-35B-A3BAlibaba	Alibaba	61.7	262.1K	$0.14	$1.00
135	Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic	Anthropic	61.6	200K	$1.00	$5.00
136	Gemma 4 26B A4B Google	Google	61.5	262.1K	$0.12	$0.40
137	Gemma 4 31BGoogle	Google	61.5	262.1K	$0.10	$0.34
138	Qwen3.5-9BAlibaba	Alibaba	61.5	262.1K	$0.10	$0.15
139	Seed-2.0-LiteByteDance	ByteDance	61.4	262.1K	$0.25	$2.00
140	Qwen3.5-122B-A10BAlibaba	Alibaba	61.2	262.1K	$0.29	$2.40
141	GPT-5.1-Codex-MiniOpenAI	OpenAI	61.2	400K	$0.25	$2.00
142	Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL (free)NVIDIA	NVIDIA	61.1	128K	Free	Free
143	Qwen3.7 PlusAlibaba	Alibaba	61	1M	$0.32	$1.28
144	Seed-2.0-MiniByteDance	ByteDance	61	262.1K	$0.10	$0.40
145	Claude Haiku 4.5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	61	200K	$0.50	$2.50
146	GPT-5 (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	61	400K	$0.63	$5.00
147	GPT-5.2 ChatOpenAI	OpenAI	60.9	128K	$1.75	$14.00
148	Qwen3.5-27BAlibaba	Alibaba	60.8	262.1K	$0.20	$1.56
149	Grok 4.20xAI	xAI	60.7	2M	$1.25	$2.50
150	Kimi K2.7 CodeMoonshot AI	Moonshot AI	60.6	262.1K	$0.67	$3.40
151	GPT-5 Codex (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	60.6	400K	$0.63	$5.00
152	Kimi K2.6Moonshot AI	Moonshot AI	60.4	262.1K	$0.58	$2.44
153	Grok 4.6xAI	xAI	60.2	500K	$2.00	$6.00
154	Grok 4.5xAI	xAI	60.2	500K	$2.00	$6.00
155	Grok Latest~x-ai	~x-ai	60.2	500K	$2.00	$6.00
156	GPT-5 MiniOpenAI	OpenAI	60.2	400K	$0.25	$2.00
157	Grok 4.3xAI	xAI	60	1M	$1.25	$2.50
158	Kimi K2.5Moonshot AI	Moonshot AI	60	262.1K	$0.57	$2.85
159	GPT-5 Mini (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	60	400K	$0.13	$1.00
160	o1 (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	60	200K	$7.50	$30.00
161	GPT-5 NanoOpenAI	OpenAI	59.8	400K	$0.05	$0.40
162	GPT-5 Nano (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	59.8	400K	$0.02	$0.20
163	Kimi K3Moonshot AI	Moonshot AI	59.6	1.0M	$3.00	$15.00
164	Seed 1.6ByteDance	ByteDance	59	262.1K	$0.25	$2.00
165	Seed 1.6 FlashByteDance	ByteDance	58.6	262.1K	$0.07	$0.30
166	Grok Build 0.1xAI	xAI	58.5	256K	$1.00	$2.00
167	Nova 2 LiteAmazon	Amazon	58.5	1M	$0.30	$2.50
168	Claude Sonnet 4Anthropic	Anthropic	58.3	1M	$3.00	$15.00
169	Sonar Pro SearchPerplexity	Perplexity	57.8	200K	$3.00	$15.00
170	o3OpenAI	OpenAI	57.8	200K	$2.00	$8.00
171	GLM 4.6VZhipu AI	Zhipu AI	57.6	131.1K	$0.30	$0.90
172	Grok 4.20 Multi-AgentxAI	xAI	57.1	2M	$1.25	$2.50
173	Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety (free)NVIDIA	NVIDIA	56.9	128K	Free	Free
174	o4 Mini HighOpenAI	OpenAI	56.9	200K	$1.10	$4.40
175	o4 MiniOpenAI	OpenAI	56.9	200K	$1.10	$4.40
176	o3 (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	56.8	200K	$1.00	$4.00
177	Mistral Medium 3.5Mistral AI	Mistral AI	56.3	262.1K	$1.50	$7.50
178	o4 Mini High (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	56.3	200K	$0.55	$2.20
179	o4 Mini (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	56.3	200K	$0.55	$2.20
180	MiniMax M3 (batch)MiniMax	MiniMax	55.3	524.3K	$0.15	$0.60
181	Qwen3 VL 30B A3B ThinkingAlibaba	Alibaba	55.3	262.1K	$0.20	$2.40
182	GPT-4.1OpenAI	OpenAI	55	1.0M	$2.00	$8.00
183	Qwen3 VL 8B ThinkingAlibaba	Alibaba	54.7	131.1K	$0.18	$2.10
184	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B ThinkingAlibaba	Alibaba	54.6	131.1K	$0.40	$4.00
185	GPT-4.1 (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	54	1.0M	$1.00	$4.00
186	Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)Google	Google	53.9	32.8K	$0.30	$2.50
187	Perceptron Mk1perceptron	perceptron	53.6	32.8K	$0.15	$1.50
188	GPT-4.1 MiniOpenAI	OpenAI	53.4	1.0M	$0.40	$1.60
189	Kimi K2.7 Code (batch)Moonshot AI	Moonshot AI	53.3	262.1K	$0.47	$2.00
190	GPT-4.1 Mini (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	53.2	1.0M	$0.20	$0.80
191	GPT-4.1 NanoOpenAI	OpenAI	53.1	1.0M	$0.10	$0.40
192	GPT-4.1 Nano (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	53.1	1.0M	$0.05	$0.20
193	Reka Edgerekaai	rekaai	53	16.4K	$0.10	$0.10
194	Mistral Small 4Mistral AI	Mistral AI	52.9	262.1K	$0.15	$0.60
195	Nova Premier 1.0Amazon	Amazon	52.7	1M	$2.50	$12.50
196	Muse Glimmer 30Bmeta	meta	52.4	131.1K	$0.35	$1.50
197	Inkling (batch)thinkingmachines	thinkingmachines	52.1	524.3K	$0.50	$2.02
198	GLM 4.5VZhipu AI	Zhipu AI	51.7	65.5K	$0.60	$1.80
199	Qwen3 VL 8B InstructAlibaba	Alibaba	51.5	262.1K	$0.12	$0.45
200	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructAlibaba	Alibaba	51.1	262.1K	$0.26	$1.04
201	Qwen3 VL 32B InstructAlibaba	Alibaba	51	131.1K	$0.10	$0.42
202	Qwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructAlibaba	Alibaba	50.8	262.1K	$0.15	$0.60
203	Mistral Large 3 2512Mistral AI	Mistral AI	49.2	262.1K	$0.50	$1.50
204	Mistral Small 3.2 24BMistral AI	Mistral AI	47.7	256K	$0.09	$0.25
205	Llama 4 ScoutMeta	Meta	47.4	1.3M	$0.10	$0.30
206	Ministral 3 14B 2512Mistral AI	Mistral AI	47.2	262.1K	$0.20	$0.20
207	Ministral 3 8B 2512Mistral AI	Mistral AI	47.2	262.1K	$0.15	$0.15
208	Gemma 3 27BGoogle	Google	46.6	262.1K	$0.08	$0.45
209	Ministral 3 3B 2512Mistral AI	Mistral AI	46.5	131.1K	$0.10	$0.10
210	Mistral Medium 3.1Mistral AI	Mistral AI	45.6	131.1K	$0.40	$2.00
211	GPT-4o (2024-11-20)OpenAI	OpenAI	45.3	128K	$2.50	$10.00
212	GPT-4o (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	44.9	128K	$1.25	$5.00
213	GPT-4 TurboOpenAI	OpenAI	44.9	128K	$10.00	$30.00
214	GPT-4 Turbo (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	44.8	128K	$5.00	$15.00
215	Gemma 3 12BGoogle	Google	44.3	131.1K	$0.05	$0.15
216	Llama Guard 4 12BMeta	Meta	44.2	1.0M	$0.18	$0.18
217	Sonar ProPerplexity	Perplexity	44.2	200K	$3.00	$15.00
218	ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B Baidu	Baidu	43.9	123K	$0.42	$1.25
219	GPT-4o-mini (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	43.8	128K	$0.07	$0.30
220	Mistral Medium 3Mistral AI	Mistral AI	42.9	131.1K	$0.40	$2.00
221	GPT-4o (2024-05-13)OpenAI	OpenAI	42.9	128K	$5.00	$15.00
222	UI-TARS 7B ByteDance	ByteDance	42.8	128K	$0.10	$0.20
223	GPT-4o (2024-08-06)OpenAI	OpenAI	42.6	128K	$2.50	$10.00
224	GPT-4oOpenAI	OpenAI	42.6	128K	$2.50	$10.00
225	Llama 4 MaverickMeta	Meta	42.2	1.0M	$0.20	$0.70
226	Sonar Reasoning ProPerplexity	Perplexity	41.1	128K	$2.00	$8.00
227	MiniMax-01MiniMax	MiniMax	40.9	1.0M	$0.20	$1.10
228	Gemma 3 4BGoogle	Google	40.7	131.1K	$0.05	$0.10
229	GPT-4o-miniOpenAI	OpenAI	40.3	128K	$0.15	$0.60
230	GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)OpenAI	OpenAI	40.3	128K	$0.15	$0.60
231	Nova Pro 1.0Amazon	Amazon	38.9	300K	$0.80	$3.20
232	Mistral Small 3.1 24BMistral AI	Mistral AI	38.8	128K	$0.35	$0.55
233	Claude 3 HaikuAnthropic	Anthropic	38.2	200K	$0.25	$1.25
234	Nova Lite 1.0Amazon	Amazon	38.1	300K	$0.06	$0.24
235	Qwen2.5 VL 72B InstructAlibaba	Alibaba	34.8	128K	$0.25	$0.75
236	SonarPerplexity	Perplexity	34.7	127.1K	$1.00	$1.00

What Else Can Vision Models Do?

Vision-capable models often support additional capabilities. Here is how the 236 vision models break down by other features.

Function Calling

89%

210 of 236 vision models

JSON Mode

92%

218 of 236 vision models

Streaming

100%

236 of 236 vision models

Reasoning

79%

187 of 236 vision models

Web Search

63%

149 of 236 vision models

Image Output

9 of 236 vision models

Top Providers of Vision Models

Which providers offer the most AI models with image understanding capabilities.

OpenAI

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Google

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Anthropic

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Alibaba

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Mistral AI

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ByteDance

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xAI

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Moonshot AI

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Top Vision Models - Full Capability Breakdown

Detailed capability matrix for the top 15 vision models by composite score.

Model	Function Calling	JSON Mode	Streaming	Reasoning	Web Search	Image Output
Claude Opus 4.7 (Fast) Anthropic
GPT-5.5 Pro OpenAI
GPT-5.4 Pro OpenAI
GPT-5.5 Pro (batch) OpenAI
GPT-5.4 Pro (batch) OpenAI
GPT-5.2 Pro OpenAI
GPT-5 Pro OpenAI
GPT-5.2 Pro (batch) OpenAI
Claude Opus 5 (Fast) Anthropic
Claude Fable Latest ~anthropic
Claude Fable 5 Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast) Anthropic
o3 Pro OpenAI
GPT-5 Pro (batch) OpenAI
o1-pro OpenAI

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What Are Vision / Multimodal AI Models?

Vision-capable AI models (also called multimodal models) can process both text and images as input. Instead of being limited to text-only prompts, these models can understand photos, screenshots, charts, diagrams, handwritten notes, and other visual content.

How Vision Input Works

You send an image (as a URL or base64-encoded data) alongside your text prompt via the API. The model processes both together, allowing it to answer questions about the image, describe its contents, extract text (OCR), analyze charts, or reason about visual information.

Common Use Cases for Vision Models

Document analysis and OCR, screenshot-to-code generation, chart and graph interpretation, medical image analysis, accessibility (image descriptions), visual QA for customer support, UI/UX review, diagram-to-code conversion, and real-time visual understanding in agentic workflows.

Vision vs. Image Output

Vision (image input) and image output are distinct capabilities. Vision means the model can see and understand images you send to it. Image output means the model can generate new images. Some models support both, but many vision models are text-output only - they analyze images but respond with text.

Pricing Considerations

Image tokens typically cost more than text tokens. A single high-resolution image can consume thousands of tokens. Most providers charge for image input based on the image dimensions and detail level. Check each model's specific pricing for image token costs.

Explore More Model Comparisons

Dive deeper into model capabilities, rankings, and head-to-head comparisons to find the right vision model for your use case.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Vision AI models (multimodal LLMs) can understand and analyze images alongside text. They accept image inputs and can describe photos, extract text from screenshots, analyze charts, and answer questions about visual content.

The top vision models include GPT-4o, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and Gemini 2.0 Flash. Rankings change frequently as models improve — check our leaderboard for the latest scores.

Not all of them. Vision capabilities refer to understanding images (input). Some models like DALL-E and Stable Diffusion specialize in generating images (output). A few models like GPT-4o can both understand and generate images.