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RUNLOCALAI · v38
Families/Vision-Language/Qwen-VL
Vision-Language
Open-weight
Apache 2.0

Qwen-VL

by Alibaba (Qwen Team)

Alibaba's multimodal vision-language family. Qwen2.5-VL, Qwen2-VL — the canonical open-weight VLMs for OCR + document understanding + chart reading + UI analysis. Qwen2.5-VL beats specialized OCR engines on complex layouts.

Editorial in progress

Deep editorial (architecture evolution, runtime + quantization support, finetune ecosystem, deployment caveats) is shipping incrementally per family.

For now, see featured models and recommended runtimes in the sidebar — those are curated picks from our editorial coverage.

Recommended runtimes

vLLM

Related families

InternVLQwen

Related — keep moving

Compare hardware
  • RTX 3090 vs RTX 4090 →
  • RTX 4090 vs RTX 5090 →
Buyer guides
  • 16 GB vs 24 GB VRAM — vision-language needs →
  • Best GPU for local AI →
  • Best laptop for local AI →
  • Best Mac for local AI →
  • Best used GPU for local AI →
When it doesn't work
  • CUDA out of memory →
  • Ollama running slowly →
  • ROCm not detected →
  • Model keeps crashing →
Runtimes that fit
  • vLLM →
Alternatives
InternVLQwen
Before you buy

Verify Qwen-VL runs on your specific hardware before committing money.

Will it run on my hardware? →Custom hardware comparison →GPU recommender (4 questions) →