Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct vs R1 1776
Alibaba vs Perplexity — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •R1 1776 has the higher intelligence index (95.4 vs 43)
- •R1 1776 is cheaper ($0.00 vs $0.08 per 1M input)
| Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | R1 1776 | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 43 | 95.4 |
| Developer | Alibaba | Perplexity |
| Type | Multimodal | LLM |
| Access | Open weights | — |
| Context window | 256,000 tokens | — |
| Input price | $0.08 / 1M | $0.00 / 1M |
| Output price | $0.50 / 1M | $0.00 / 1M |
| Speed | 145 tok/s | — |
| Released | October 14, 2025 | February 18, 2025 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | Image, Text | — |
| Output modalities | Text | — |