AI Models with Vision

Q: What are vision AI models?

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.

Q: Which AI model has the best vision capabilities?

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.

Q: Can vision AI models generate images?

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.

314 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

314

Of All Models

66%

Providers

Avg Score

Vision Model Rankings

All 314 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	GPT-5.5 ProOpenAI	OpenAI	90	1.1M	$30.00	$180.00
2	GPT-5.4 ProOpenAI	OpenAI	88.7	1.1M	$30.00	$180.00
3	GPT-5.5 Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	87.5	1.1M	$15.00	$90.00
4	GPT-5.4 Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	86.2	1.1M	$15.00	$90.00
5	GPT-5.2 ProOpenAI	OpenAI	85.3	400K	$21.00	$168.00
6	GPT-5 ProOpenAI	OpenAI	83.6	400K	$15.00	$120.00
7	GPT-5.2 Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	81.3	400K	$10.50	$84.00
8	GPT Astra Latest~openai	~openai	78.1	1.1M	$10.00	$50.00
9	GPT-6 AstraOpenAI	OpenAI	78.1	1.1M	$10.00	$50.00
10	GPT-6 Astra ProOpenAI	OpenAI	78.1	1.1M	$10.00	$50.00
11	Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic	Anthropic	78	1M	$10.00	$50.00
12	Claude Fable 5Anthropic	Anthropic	78	1M	$10.00	$50.00
13	Claude Fable 5.2Anthropic	Anthropic	75.5	1M	$8.00	$40.00
14	Claude Fable Latest~anthropic	~anthropic	75.5	1M	$8.00	$40.00
15	Muse Wondermeta	meta	75.3	1.0M	$4.00	$20.00
16	o3 ProOpenAI	OpenAI	74.5	200K	$20.00	$80.00
17	GPT-5 Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	73.6	400K	$7.50	$60.00
18	Fugu Ultra v2sakana	sakana	73	1M	$5.00	$30.00
19	Gemini 4 CarbonGoogle	Google	72.8	1.0M	$2.00	$10.00
20	Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle	Google	72.8	1.0M	$2.00	$10.00
21	GPT-5.5OpenAI	OpenAI	72.5	1.1M	$5.00	$30.00
22	Gemini Pro Latest~google	~google	72.3	1.0M	$2.00	$10.00
23	GPT-6 Astra (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	71.8	1.1M	$5.00	$25.00
24	GPT-6 Astra Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	71.8	1.1M	$5.00	$25.00
25	Claude Fable 5.1 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	71.8	1M	$5.00	$25.00
26	Claude Opus 5Anthropic	Anthropic	71.8	1M	$5.00	$25.00
27	Claude Fable 5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	71.8	1M	$5.00	$25.00
28	Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic	Anthropic	71.8	1M	$5.00	$25.00
29	Gemini 4 Carbon (batch)Google	Google	71.6	1.0M	$1.00	$5.00
30	Gemini 4 Argon (batch)Google	Google	71.6	1.0M	$1.00	$5.00
31	Fugu Ultrasakana	sakana	71.4	1M	$5.00	$30.00
32	Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic	Anthropic	71	1M	$5.00	$25.00
33	Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle	Google	70.7	1.0M	$1.50	$9.00
34	GPT-5.6 Sol ProOpenAI	OpenAI	70.6	1.1M	$4.00	$20.00
35	GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI	OpenAI	70.6	1.1M	$4.00	$20.00
36	Claude Fable 5.2 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	70.5	1M	$4.00	$20.00
37	Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic	Anthropic	70.5	1M	$4.00	$20.00
38	Muse Embermeta	meta	70.4	1.0M	$0.10	$0.50
39	Claude Opus 4.1Anthropic	Anthropic	70.4	200K	$15.00	$75.00
40	Claude Opus Latest~anthropic	~anthropic	69.9	1M	$4.00	$20.00
41	Muse Spark 1.3meta	meta	69.7	1.0M	$1.25	$4.25
42	Muse Spark 1.2meta	meta	69.7	1.0M	$1.25	$4.25
43	Muse Spark 1.1meta	meta	69.7	1.0M	$1.25	$4.25
44	Gemini 3.5 Flash (batch)Google	Google	69.6	1.0M	$0.75	$4.50
45	Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free)NVIDIA	NVIDIA	69.5	1M	Free	Free
46	Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle	Google	69.5	1.0M	$0.83	$4.13
47	Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle	Google	69.4	1.0M	$0.75	$3.75
48	Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle	Google	69.4	1.0M	$0.75	$3.75
49	Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom ToolsGoogle	Google	69.3	1.0M	$2.00	$12.00
50	Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle	Google	69.1	1.0M	$0.30	$2.50
51	Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)Google	Google	69.1	131.1K	$2.00	$12.00
52	Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle	Google	69.1	1.0M	$2.00	$12.00
53	Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic	Anthropic	69.1	1M	$5.00	$25.00
54	GPT-5.4 Image 2OpenAI	OpenAI	69	272K	$8.00	$15.00
55	Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch)Google	Google	68.9	1.0M	$0.38	$1.88
56	Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch)Google	Google	68.9	1.0M	$0.38	$1.88
57	Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch)Google	Google	68.9	1.0M	$0.38	$1.88
58	Gemini Flash Latest~google	~google	68.9	1.0M	$0.75	$3.75
59	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (batch)Google	Google	68.8	1.0M	$0.15	$1.25
60	GPT-5.5 (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	68.8	1.1M	$2.50	$15.00
61	Muse Spark 1.3 Contributormeta	meta	68.7	1.0M	$0.10	$0.20
62	Muse Spark 1.2 Contributormeta	meta	68.7	1.0M	$0.10	$0.20
63	Claude Opus 5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	68.7	1M	$2.50	$12.50
64	Claude Opus 4.8 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	68.7	1M	$2.50	$12.50
65	GPT-5.6 Terra ProOpenAI	OpenAI	68.6	1.1M	$2.00	$12.00
66	GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI	OpenAI	68.6	1.1M	$2.00	$12.00
67	Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteGoogle	Google	68.6	1.0M	$0.25	$1.50
68	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch)Google	Google	68.4	1.0M	$0.13	$0.75
69	GPT Chat LatestOpenAI	OpenAI	68.3	400K	$5.00	$30.00
70	GPT-6.1 Sol ProOpenAI	OpenAI	68.1	1.1M	$2.00	$10.00
71	GPT-6.1 SolOpenAI	OpenAI	68.1	1.1M	$2.00	$10.00
72	GPT-6 Sol ProOpenAI	OpenAI	68.1	1.1M	$2.00	$10.00
73	GPT-6 SolOpenAI	OpenAI	68.1	1.1M	$2.00	$10.00
74	GPT Sol Latest~openai	~openai	68.1	1.1M	$2.00	$10.00
75	GPT-5.6 Sol Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	68.1	1.1M	$2.00	$10.00
76	GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	68.1	1.1M	$2.00	$10.00
77	Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic	Anthropic	68	1M	$2.00	$10.00
78	Claude Opus 5.5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	68	1M	$2.00	$10.00
79	Dots3-Note Preview (free)dots-studio	dots-studio	68	512K	Free	Free
80	Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic	Anthropic	68	1M	$2.00	$10.00
81	Claude Opus 4.7 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	67.9	1M	$2.50	$12.50
82	Nano Banana 2.1Google	Google	67.6	65.5K	$1.50	$7.50
83	Claude Sonnet Latest~anthropic	~anthropic	67.6	1M	$2.00	$10.00
84	Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (batch)Google	Google	67.6	1.0M	$1.00	$6.00
85	Grok 4.20xAI	xAI	67.5	2M	$1.25	$2.50
86	Kimi K3Moonshot AI	Moonshot AI	67.4	1.0M	$0.19	$16.00
87	GPT-5.4OpenAI	OpenAI	67.4	1.1M	$2.50	$15.00
88	Grok 4.7xAI	xAI	67.2	500K	$2.00	$6.00
89	Grok 4.6xAI	xAI	67.2	500K	$2.00	$6.00
90	Grok 4.5xAI	xAI	67.2	500K	$2.00	$6.00
91	Grok Latest~x-ai	~x-ai	67.2	500K	$2.00	$6.00
92	GPT-5.6 Terra Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	67.1	1.1M	$1.00	$6.00
93	GPT-5.6 Terra (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	67.1	1.1M	$1.00	$6.00
94	Grok 4.3xAI	xAI	67.1	1M	$1.25	$2.50
95	Fugu Maxsakana	sakana	67	1M	$2.00	$6.00
96	Grok 4.3 (batch)xAI	xAI	67	1M	$1.00	$2.00
97	Muse Spark Openmeta	meta	66.9	1.0M	$1.25	$4.25
98	Grok 4.7 (batch)xAI	xAI	66.9	500K	$1.60	$4.80
99	Grok 4.6 (batch)xAI	xAI	66.9	500K	$1.60	$4.80
100	Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic	Anthropic	66.9	1M	$3.00	$15.00
101	GPT-6.1 Terra ProOpenAI	OpenAI	66.8	1.1M	$1.00	$5.00
102	GPT-6.1 TerraOpenAI	OpenAI	66.8	1.1M	$1.00	$5.00
103	GPT-6.1 Sol Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	66.8	1.1M	$1.00	$5.00
104	GPT-6.1 Sol (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	66.8	1.1M	$1.00	$5.00
105	Claude Sonnet 5.5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	66.8	1M	$1.00	$5.00
106	GPT-6 Sol Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	66.8	1.1M	$1.00	$5.00
107	GPT-6 Sol (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	66.8	1.1M	$1.00	$5.00
108	GPT Terra Latest~openai	~openai	66.8	1.1M	$1.00	$5.00
109	Claude Sonnet 5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	66.8	1M	$1.00	$5.00
110	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite PreviewGoogle	Google	66.8	1.0M	$0.25	$1.50
111	GPT-6.1 Terra Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	66.2	1.1M	$0.50	$2.50
112	GPT-6.1 Terra (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	66.2	1.1M	$0.50	$2.50
113	Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)Google	Google	66	262.1K	Free	Free
114	Gemma 4 31B (free)Google	Google	66	262.1K	Free	Free
115	Kimi K3.1 ProMoonshot AI	Moonshot AI	65.9	1.0M	$2.00	$10.00
116	MiMo-V2.6-Pro-UltraSpeedXiaomi	Xiaomi	65.9	1.0M	$4.35	$8.70
117	GPT-5.6 Luna ProOpenAI	OpenAI	65.9	1.1M	$0.20	$1.20
118	GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI	OpenAI	65.9	1.1M	$0.20	$1.20
119	GPT-5.3-CodexOpenAI	OpenAI	65.9	400K	$1.75	$14.00
120	Claude Opus 4.6 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	65.9	1M	$2.50	$12.50
121	Claude Haiku 5.5Anthropic	Anthropic	65.7	1M	$0.10	$0.50
122	GPT-6 Luna ProOpenAI	OpenAI	65.7	1.1M	$0.10	$0.50
123	GPT-6 Luna Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	65.7	1.1M	$0.05	$0.25
124	GPT-6 LunaOpenAI	OpenAI	65.7	1.1M	$0.10	$0.50
125	GPT-6 Luna (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	65.7	1.1M	$0.05	$0.25
126	GPT Luna Latest~openai	~openai	65.7	1.1M	$0.10	$0.50
127	GPT-5.6 Luna Pro (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	65.7	1.1M	$0.10	$0.60
128	GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	65.7	1.1M	$0.10	$0.60
129	Kimi Latest~moonshotai	~moonshotai	65.7	1.0M	$0.18	$11.01
130	Claude Haiku 5.5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	65.6	1M	$0.05	$0.25
131	Ember-1fireworks	fireworks	65.5	1.0M	$3.00	$15.00
132	GPT-5.4 (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	65.5	1.1M	$1.25	$7.50
133	Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free)NVIDIA	NVIDIA	65.2	256K	Free	Free
134	Claude Haiku Latest~anthropic	~anthropic	65.2	1M	$0.10	$0.50
135	GPT Mini Latest~openai	~openai	65.2	400K	$0.75	$4.50
136	Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle	Google	65.1	1.0M	$0.50	$3.00
137	Qwen3.8 Max PrimeAlibaba	Alibaba	65	1M	$4.00	$12.00
138	Grok Build 0.1xAI	xAI	65	256K	$1.00	$2.00
139	Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	65	1M	$1.50	$7.50
140	Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic	Anthropic	65	200K	$5.00	$25.00
141	Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)Google	Google	64.8	1.0M	$0.25	$1.50
142	Sakana Namazusakana	sakana	64.7	262.1K	$0.95	$4.00
143	Claude Opus 4.1 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	64.6	200K	$7.50	$37.50
144	Inkling 2 Small (free)thinkingmachines	thinkingmachines	64.3	1.0M	Free	Free
145	GPT-5.4 MiniOpenAI	OpenAI	64.1	400K	$0.75	$4.50
146	MiMo-V2.6-ProXiaomi	Xiaomi	63.9	1.1M	$0.43	$0.87
147	Grok 4.20 Multi-AgentxAI	xAI	63.9	2M	$1.25	$2.50
148	MiMo-V2.6-FlashXiaomi	Xiaomi	63.8	1.1M	$0.14	$0.28
149	Qwen3.8 Omni FlashAlibaba	Alibaba	63.8	1M	$0.15	$0.47
150	GPT-5.2OpenAI	OpenAI	63.8	400K	$1.75	$14.00
151	Nemotron 3.5 Super VLNVIDIA	NVIDIA	63.5	1.0M	$0.15	$0.47
152	Qwen3.8 Max (0902)Alibaba	Alibaba	63.5	1M	$2.00	$6.00
153	GPT-5.4 Mini (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	63.5	400K	$0.38	$2.25
154	GLM 5.3 Flash (batch)Zhipu AI	Zhipu AI	63.4	1.0M	$0.05	$0.06
155	Kimi K3 (batch)Moonshot AI	Moonshot AI	63.4	1.0M	$2.28	$11.40
156	MiniMax M3MiniMax	MiniMax	63.3	1.0M	$0.30	$1.20
157	GPT-5.4 NanoOpenAI	OpenAI	63.3	400K	$0.20	$1.25
158	Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)Google	Google	63.2	131.1K	$0.50	$3.00
159	MiniMax M3.1 FlashMiniMax	MiniMax	63.1	1.0M	$0.15	$0.60
160	GPT-5.4 Nano (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	63.1	400K	$0.10	$0.63
161	GPT-5.2-CodexOpenAI	OpenAI	63.1	400K	$1.75	$14.00
162	MiMo-V2.5Xiaomi	Xiaomi	63	1M	$0.40	$2.00
163	GPT-5 ImageOpenAI	OpenAI	63	400K	$10.00	$10.00
164	Qwen3.8 27BAlibaba	Alibaba	62.9	1.0M	$0.15	$1.88
165	Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)Google	Google	62.6	65.5K	$0.25	$1.50
166	Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic	Anthropic	62.6	1M	$3.00	$15.00
167	MiniMax M3 (batch)MiniMax	MiniMax	62.5	524.3K	$0.22	$0.88
168	Mistral Medium 3.5Mistral AI	Mistral AI	62.4	262.1K	$1.50	$7.50
169	GLM 5.3 FlashX LegalZhipu AI	Zhipu AI	62.3	1.0M	$0.37	$1.25
170	GLM 5.3 FlashXZhipu AI	Zhipu AI	62.3	1.0M	$0.37	$1.25
171	Step 5 PreviewStepFun	StepFun	62.2	1M	$1.00	$2.70
172	GLM Flash Latest~z-ai	~z-ai	62.1	1.0M	$0.04	$0.08
173	Qwen3.8 FlashAlibaba	Alibaba	62.1	1M	$0.15	$0.47
174	GLM 5.3 FlashZhipu AI	Zhipu AI	62.1	1.0M	$0.04	$0.08
175	DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeek	DeepSeek	62.1	1.0M	$0.44	$1.32
176	GPT-5.2 (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	62.1	400K	$0.88	$7.00
177	GPT-5.1OpenAI	OpenAI	62.1	400K	$1.25	$10.00
178	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017DeepSeek	DeepSeek	61.9	1.0M	<$0.01	$0.50
179	DeepSeek Flash Latest~deepseek	~deepseek	61.9	1.0M	<$0.01	$0.50
180	DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek	DeepSeek	61.9	1.0M	$0.05	$0.57
181	Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle	Google	61.9	1.0M	$1.25	$10.00
182	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (batch)DeepSeek	DeepSeek	61.8	1.0M	$0.01	$0.20
183	Glimpseelorian	elorian	61.8	262.1K	$0.60	$3.00
184	Claude Opus 4.5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	61.8	200K	$2.50	$12.50
185	Seed 2.1 TurboByteDance	ByteDance	61.6	262.1K	$0.50	$2.50
186	Qwen3.8 Max (0902) (batch)Alibaba	Alibaba	61.5	262.1K	$1.15	$3.45
187	Qwen3.8 27B (batch)Alibaba	Alibaba	61.5	262.1K	$0.16	$2.00
188	Qwen3.7 FlashAlibaba	Alibaba	61.5	1M	$0.03	$0.13
189	Mistral Medium 3.5 (batch)Mistral AI	Mistral AI	61.5	262.1K	$0.75	$3.75
190	Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20Alibaba	Alibaba	61.5	1M	$0.30	$1.80
191	Mistral Large 4Mistral AI	Mistral AI	61.4	1.0M	$0.70	$2.10
192	Seed-2.0-CodeByteDance	ByteDance	61.4	262.1K	$0.50	$3.00
193	Step 3.7 FlashStepFun	StepFun	61.3	262.1K	$0.20	$1.15
194	Qwen3.6 FlashAlibaba	Alibaba	61.3	1M	$0.19	$1.13
195	GPT-5.1-Codex-MaxOpenAI	OpenAI	61	400K	$1.25	$10.00
196	GPT-5 Image MiniOpenAI	OpenAI	61	400K	$2.50	$2.00
197	GPT-5.1 (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	60.9	400K	$0.63	$5.00
198	Qwen3.6 PlusAlibaba	Alibaba	60.8	1M	$0.33	$1.95
199	Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)Google	Google	60.8	65.5K	$0.50	$3.00
200	Qwen3.6 35B A3BAlibaba	Alibaba	60.7	262.1K	$0.10	$0.90
201	Lyria 3 Pro PreviewGoogle	Google	60.7	1.0M	Free	Free
202	Lyria 3 Clip PreviewGoogle	Google	60.7	1.0M	Free	Free
203	Claude Sonnet 4.5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	60.7	1M	$1.50	$7.50
204	Qwen3.7 PlusAlibaba	Alibaba	60.6	1M	$0.32	$1.28
205	Qwen3.6 27BAlibaba	Alibaba	60.6	262.1K	$0.32	$3.20
206	Particle-1particle-ai	particle-ai	60.5	1.0M	$0.05	$0.50
207	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch)DeepSeek	DeepSeek	60.5	1.0M	$0.11	$0.34
208	Gemini 2.5 Flash LiteGoogle	Google	60.5	1.0M	$0.10	$0.40
209	GPT-5.1-CodexOpenAI	OpenAI	60.4	400K	$1.25	$10.00
210	Hy4Tencent	Tencent	60.2	1.0M	$0.42	$1.25
211	Kimi K2.7 CodeMoonshot AI	Moonshot AI	60.2	262.1K	$0.60	$3.50
212	GLM 5V TurboZhipu AI	Zhipu AI	60.1	202.8K	$1.20	$4.00
213	Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)Google	Google	60	65.5K	$2.00	$12.00
214	Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle	Google	60	1.0M	$0.30	$2.50
215	Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05Google	Google	59.9	1.0M	$1.25	$10.00
216	Gemini Omni 1.2 FlashGoogle	Google	59.8	131.1K	$1.50	$9.00
217	Gemini Omni 1.1 FlashGoogle	Google	59.8	131.1K	$1.50	$9.00
218	Inklingthinkingmachines	thinkingmachines	59.7	524.3K	$1.00	$4.05
219	Kimi K2.6Moonshot AI	Moonshot AI	59.5	262.1K	$0.65	$3.41
220	Gemma 4 26B A4B Google	Google	59.5	262.1K	$0.08	$0.10
221	Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15Alibaba	Alibaba	59.5	1M	$0.26	$1.56
222	Qwen3.5-FlashAlibaba	Alibaba	59.4	1M	$0.07	$0.26
223	GPT-5OpenAI	OpenAI	59.4	400K	$1.25	$10.00
224	Seed-2.0-LiteByteDance	ByteDance	59.3	262.1K	$0.25	$2.00
225	Qwen3.5-9BAlibaba	Alibaba	59.3	262.1K	$0.17	$0.25
226	Qwen3.7 Plus (batch)Alibaba	Alibaba	59.2	262.1K	$0.23	$0.92
227	Ling 3.0 Flash VLinclusionai	inclusionai	59	131.1K	$0.06	$0.18
228	Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic	Anthropic	58.9	200K	$1.00	$5.00
229	Qwen3.5-27BAlibaba	Alibaba	58.8	262.1K	$0.26	$2.60
230	Perceptron Mk1.5perceptron	perceptron	58.7	36.9K	$0.15	$1.50
231	Seed-2.0-MiniByteDance	ByteDance	58.6	262.1K	$0.10	$0.40
232	Qwen3.5 397B A17BAlibaba	Alibaba	58.6	262.1K	$0.60	$3.60
233	Ternary Bonsai 2 9Bprism-ml	prism-ml	58.5	262.1K	$0.08	$0.13
234	Command A+Cohere	Cohere	58.5	192K	$0.30	$1.50
235	Inkling Smallthinkingmachines	thinkingmachines	58.5	524.3K	$0.45	$1.20
236	Inkling Small (batch)thinkingmachines	thinkingmachines	58.5	524.3K	$0.36	$0.96
237	Qwen3.5-122B-A10BAlibaba	Alibaba	58.5	262.1K	$0.26	$2.08
238	Qwen3.5-35B-A3BAlibaba	Alibaba	58.4	262.1K	$0.14	$1.00
239	GPT-5.1-Codex-MiniOpenAI	OpenAI	58.4	400K	$0.25	$2.00
240	Claude Haiku 4.5 (batch)Anthropic	Anthropic	58.2	200K	$0.50	$2.50
241	GPT-5 (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	58.2	400K	$0.63	$5.00
242	Ternary Bonsai 2 27Bprism-ml	prism-ml	58.1	262.1K	$0.07	$0.50
243	Gemma 4 31BGoogle	Google	58.1	262.1K	$0.20	$0.40
244	GPT-5.2 ChatOpenAI	OpenAI	58.1	128K	$1.75	$14.00
245	Mistral Small 4Mistral AI	Mistral AI	57.8	262.1K	$0.15	$0.60
246	GPT-5 MiniOpenAI	OpenAI	57.4	400K	$0.25	$2.00
247	Pareto 26.9unbiased	unbiased	57.2	262.1K	$2.50	$7.50
248	GPT-5 Mini (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	57.2	400K	$0.13	$1.00
249	Muse Glimmer 30Bmeta	meta	57.1	131.1K	$0.30	$1.20
250	Muse Glimmer 30B (batch)meta	meta	57	131.1K	$0.24	$0.96
251	GPT-5 NanoOpenAI	OpenAI	57	400K	$0.05	$0.40
252	GPT-5 Nano (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	57	400K	$0.02	$0.20
253	Kimi K2.5Moonshot AI	Moonshot AI	56.3	262.1K	$0.53	$3.32
254	Seed 1.6ByteDance	ByteDance	56.2	262.1K	$0.25	$2.00
255	Seed 1.6 FlashByteDance	ByteDance	55.8	262.1K	$0.07	$0.30
256	Nova 2 LiteAmazon	Amazon	55.8	1M	$0.30	$2.50
257	Sonar Pro SearchPerplexity	Perplexity	55.1	200K	$3.00	$15.00
258	o3OpenAI	OpenAI	55	200K	$2.00	$8.00
259	GLM 4.6VZhipu AI	Zhipu AI	54.8	131.1K	$0.30	$0.90
260	Pareto 26.10unbiased	unbiased	54	1.0M	$0.80	$3.20
261	Pareto Latest~unbiased	~unbiased	54	1.0M	$0.80	$3.20
262	o3 (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	54	200K	$1.00	$4.00
263	Qwen3 VL 30B A3B ThinkingAlibaba	Alibaba	53.6	262.1K	$0.29	$1.00
264	o4 Mini (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	53.5	200K	$0.55	$2.20
265	Perceptron Mk1perceptron	perceptron	53.3	32.8K	$0.15	$1.50
266	Mistral Large 3 2512Mistral AI	Mistral AI	53.2	262.1K	$0.50	$1.50
267	GPT-4.1 NanoOpenAI	OpenAI	52.7	1.0M	$0.10	$0.40
268	Extractscaledown	scaledown	52.6	1M	$0.04	Free
269	GPT-4.1OpenAI	OpenAI	52.3	1.0M	$2.00	$8.00
270	Ministral 3 14B 2512Mistral AI	Mistral AI	51.3	262.1K	$0.20	$0.20
271	Ministral 3 8B 2512Mistral AI	Mistral AI	51.3	262.1K	$0.15	$0.15
272	GPT-4.1 (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	51.3	1.0M	$1.00	$4.00
273	Reka Edgerekaai	rekaai	51.2	16.4K	$0.10	$0.10
274	Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)Google	Google	51.2	32.8K	$0.30	$2.50
275	Nemotron 3.5 Content SafetyNVIDIA	NVIDIA	51.1	131.1K	$0.20	$0.20
276	GPT-4.1 MiniOpenAI	OpenAI	50.7	1.0M	$0.40	$1.60
277	GPT-4.1 Mini (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	50.5	1.0M	$0.20	$0.80
278	GPT-4.1 Nano (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	50.3	1.0M	$0.05	$0.20
279	Qwen3 VL 8B InstructAlibaba	Alibaba	50.2	262.1K	$0.25	$0.75
280	Ministral 3 3B 2512Mistral AI	Mistral AI	50	131.1K	$0.10	$0.10
281	Nova Premier 1.0Amazon	Amazon	50	1M	$2.50	$12.50
282	Mistral Medium 3.1Mistral AI	Mistral AI	49.2	131.1K	$0.40	$2.00
283	GLM 4.5VZhipu AI	Zhipu AI	49	65.5K	$0.60	$1.80
284	Summarizescaledown	scaledown	48.9	1M	$0.04	Free
285	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructAlibaba	Alibaba	48.5	262.1K	$0.21	$1.90
286	Qwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructAlibaba	Alibaba	48.1	262.1K	$0.15	$0.60
287	Moondream 3 Previewmoondream	moondream	47.8	32K	$0.30	$2.50
288	Moondream 3.1moondream	moondream	47.8	32K	$0.30	$2.50
289	Mistral Medium 3Mistral AI	Mistral AI	46.5	131.1K	$0.40	$2.00
290	Mistral Small 3.2 24BMistral AI	Mistral AI	45.3	256K	$0.10	$0.30
291	Sonar Reasoning ProPerplexity	Perplexity	44.7	128K	$2.00	$8.00
292	GPT-4o (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	44.7	128K	$1.25	$5.00
293	Llama 4 ScoutMeta	Meta	44.6	1.3M	$0.10	$0.30
294	GPT-4 Turbo (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	44.5	128K	$5.00	$15.00
295	Llama 4 MaverickMeta	Meta	44.3	524.3K	$0.35	$1.00
296	GPT-4o-mini (batch)OpenAI	OpenAI	43.5	128K	$0.07	$0.30
297	Mistral Small 3.1 24BMistral AI	Mistral AI	43	128K	$0.35	$0.55
298	Gemma 3 27BGoogle	Google	43	131.1K	$0.08	$0.45
299	GPT-4o (2024-11-20)OpenAI	OpenAI	42.6	128K	$2.50	$10.00
300	GPT-4o (2024-05-13)OpenAI	OpenAI	42.6	128K	$5.00	$15.00
301	GPT-4o (2024-08-06)OpenAI	OpenAI	42.3	128K	$2.50	$10.00
302	GPT-4oOpenAI	OpenAI	42.3	128K	$2.50	$10.00
303	Gemma 3 12BGoogle	Google	41.6	131.1K	$0.05	$0.15
304	Sonar ProPerplexity	Perplexity	41.5	200K	$3.00	$15.00
305	UI-TARS 7B ByteDance	ByteDance	40.1	128K	$0.10	$0.20
306	GPT-4o-miniOpenAI	OpenAI	40	128K	$0.15	$0.60
307	GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)OpenAI	OpenAI	40	128K	$0.15	$0.60
308	Qwen2.5 VL 72B InstructAlibaba	Alibaba	38.4	128K	$0.80	$1.00
309	SonarPerplexity	Perplexity	38.3	127.1K	$1.00	$1.00
310	Gemma 3 4BGoogle	Google	38	131.1K	$0.05	$0.10
311	Nova Pro 1.0Amazon	Amazon	36.1	300K	$0.80	$3.20
312	Llama Guard 4 12BMeta	Meta	36	163.8K	$0.18	$0.18
313	Nova Lite 1.0Amazon	Amazon	35.4	300K	$0.06	$0.24
314	Jev Routertypesafe	typesafe	0	1M	<$0.01	<$0.01

What Else Can Vision Models Do?

Vision-capable models often support additional capabilities. Here is how the 314 vision models break down by other features.

Function Calling

91%

287 of 314 vision models

JSON Mode

93%

291 of 314 vision models

Streaming

100%

314 of 314 vision models

Reasoning

84%

264 of 314 vision models

Web Search

59%

185 of 314 vision models

Image Output

10 of 314 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

vision models

Mistral AI

vision models

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
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
GPT Astra Latest ~openai
GPT-6 Astra OpenAI
GPT-6 Astra Pro OpenAI
Claude Fable 5.1 Anthropic
Claude Fable 5 Anthropic
Claude Fable 5.2 Anthropic
Claude Fable Latest ~anthropic
Muse Wonder meta

Supported

Not supported

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.