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Free vision models

Models that accept images as input: Gemini, Gemma, Llama 4, Qwen-VL, Nemotron Omni, and more.

30 models6 providersup to 10.5M contextbest: Kimi K3Updated:
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Image support depends on the provider: some routers expose a multimodal model in text-only mode.

Size
30 found
# Model ↕ AA Index ↕ GPQA ↕ Context ↕ Size ↕ Free at ↕
1
Kimi K3
Moonshot AI
VisionReasoningCodingTool useOpen weights
43.6 94% 1M Frontier NVIDIA Build, UnoRouter
2
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Google
VisionReasoningCodingTool use
34.0 93% 1M Mid-size UnoRouter
3
Gemma 4 31B
Google DeepMind · 31B
VisionTool useOpen weights
19.0 86% 262K Mid-size OpenRouter, Together AI, NVIDIA Build, UnoRouter
4
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Google
VisionReasoningCoding
22.2 84% 1M Small UnoRouter
5
Gemma 4 26B A4B
Google DeepMind · 26B · 4B
VisionTool useOpen weights
16.7 79% 262K Mid-size OpenRouter, Together AI, UnoRouter
6
Llama 4 Maverick Instruct Fp4
Meta · 400B · 17B
VisionTool useOpen weights
— — 1M Frontier Together AI
7
Nemotron 3 Nano Omni
NVIDIA · 30B · 3B
VisionReasoningTool useOpen weights
10.3 47% 262K Mid-size +1OpenRouter, Together AI, NVIDIA Build, TokenRouter, UnoRouter
8
Gemma 4 12B
Google DeepMind · 12B
VisionTool useOpen weights
14.2 75% 262K Mid-size Together AI
9
Qwen3 VL 235B
Alibaba Cloud · 235B · 22B
VisionReasoningTool useOpen weights
13.4 77% 262K Frontier Together AI
10
Gemini 2.0 Flash
Google
VisionTool use
8.9 62% 1M Mid-size Google AI Studio
11
Llama 4 Scout
Meta · 109B · 17B
VisionTool useOpen weights
8.1 59% 10.5M Frontier Together AI
12
Llama 4 Maverick
Meta · 400B · 17B
VisionTool useOpen weights
10.0 67% 131K Frontier UnoRouter
13
Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite
Google
Vision
7.3 54% 1M Small Google AI Studio
14
Gemma 4 E4b
Google DeepMind
VisionOpen weights
8.9 58% 131K Small Together AI
15
Llama 3.2 11B Vision
Meta · 11B
VisionTool useOpen weights
5.4 22% 131K Mid-size Together AI, NVIDIA Build, UnoRouter
16
GPT-4o
OpenAI · New
VisionTool use
8.4 54% 128K Frontier UnoRouter
17
Llama 3.2 90B Vision
Meta · 90B
VisionTool useOpen weights
6.4 43% 16K Frontier Together AI, NVIDIA Build
18
Gemma 4 E2b
Google DeepMind
VisionOpen weights
7.8 43% 131K Small Together AI
19
Gemma 3 4B
Google DeepMind · 4B
VisionOpen weights
4.8 29% 66K Small Together AI, NVIDIA Build
20
Cosmos Reason2 8B
NVIDIA · 8B
VisionReasoning
— — — Small NVIDIA Build
21
Qwen2.5 VL 7B
Alibaba Cloud · 7B
VisionOpen weights
— — 131K Small UnoRouter
22
Gemma 3 27B
Google DeepMind · 27B
VisionTool useOpen weights
4.9 43% 66K Mid-size Together AI
23
Gemma 3 12B
Google DeepMind · 12B
VisionTool useOpen weights
3.8 35% — Mid-size NVIDIA Build
24
Gemini 1.5 Pro
Google · Legacy
Vision
7.9 59% 2.1M Frontier Google AI Studio
25
Gemini 1.5 Flash
Google · Legacy
Vision
7.1 46% 1M Mid-size Google AI Studio
26
Neva 22B
NVIDIA · 22B · Legacy
Vision
— — — Mid-size NVIDIA Build
27
Fuyu 8B
Adept · 8B · Legacy
Vision
— — — Small NVIDIA Build
28
Kosmos 2
Microsoft · Legacy
Vision
— — — Small NVIDIA Build
29
Phi 3 Vision 128K
Microsoft · 4.2B · Legacy
VisionOpen weights
— — 131K Small NVIDIA Build
30
Vila
NVIDIA · Legacy
Vision
— — — Small NVIDIA Build

Benchmarks: Artificial Analysis (September 24, 2026). A dash means the model is not on their leaderboard; we never estimate scores ourselves.

FAQ

What is the best free model for vision (image input)?

Kimi K3 currently leads — free at NVIDIA Build, UnoRouter. Next come Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemma 4 31B, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite.

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