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Fara1.5 27B vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

Fara1.5 27B (Microsoft) and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct (Qwen) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 17 August 2026

As of 17 August 2026, Fara1.5 27B holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#48 vs #51).

Which should you choose?

Choose Fara1.5 27B if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #48 against #51 (51.0 vs 47.3 points).
  • you want the more recently listed model — Fara1.5 27B was listed 17 July 2026, Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct 23 September 2025.

Choose Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct if…

  • you want provider choice — 5 listed API providers against 0.

Fara1.5 27B vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Fara1.5 27B and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
FieldFara1.5 27BMicrosoftQwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructQwen
ModelCap Index position#48#51
Index score51.047.3
EvidenceInheritedMeasured
Input price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.21
Output price / 1M tokensUnlisted$1.90
Context window— tokens262K tokens
Max output tokens—33K
API providers listed05
Weight accessOpen weightsOpen weights
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
First listed17 July 202623 September 2025
PublisherMicrosoftQwen

Evidence: finetune · finetune · 3 public benchmark observations across 3 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Fara1.5 27B vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

Public benchmark boards where Fara1.5 27B or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct has a published result
BoardFara1.5 27BQwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—14651452–1477Only one result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis—14.4intelligence-indexOnly one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Fara1.5 27B vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: common questions

Is Fara1.5 27B better than Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?

Fara1.5 27B ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 17 August 2026: #48 against #51. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it.

Is Fara1.5 27B cheaper than Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, Fara1.5 27B or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Fara1.5 27B or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Fara1.5 27B and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct open-weight models?

Fara1.5 27B: Open weights. Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: Open weights. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Fara1.5 27B and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for Fara1.5 27B and 5 for Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Fara1.5 27B vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 17 August 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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