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Qwen VL Plus vs Text Bison

This page is context-first: how much text each model can take in one request. Full specs adds capabilities and limits; the pricing matrix below is only about $/million tokens from hosts that list both models.

Alibaba

Model

Qwen VL Plus

Image input

Context window

8K

8,192 tokens · ~6K words

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Google

Model

Text Bison

Context window

8K

8,192 tokens · ~6K words

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Context window · side by side

Bar length is relative to the larger of the two windows (100% = max of this pair). This is not pricing.

Qwen VL Plus8K
Text Bison8K

Same context window size for both models.

Qwen VL Plus and Text Bison have identical context windows (8K tokens). Text Bison is 40% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use Text Bison. Input tokens are 40% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

  • Long output (reports, code files)

    Use Qwen VL Plus. Its 2K max output lets you generate complete artifacts in one request.

Full specs

Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.

SpecQwen VL PlusText Bison
Context window8,192 tokens (8K)8,192 tokens (8K)
Max output tokens2,048 tokens (2K)1,024 tokens (1K)
Speed tierBalancedBalanced
VisionYesNo
Function callingNoNo
Extended thinkingNoNo
Prompt cachingYesNo
Batch APINoNo
Release dateFeb 2025N/A

Pricing matrix

Dollar rates only: hosts that list both models, per 1M tokens. For how much text fits, use the context section above — not this table.

ProviderQwen VL Plus inQwen VL Plus outText Bison inText Bison out
Google$0.125/M$0.125/M
Openrouter$0.210/M$0.630/M

Frequently asked questions

Text Bison has a larger context window: 8K tokens vs 8K. For long documents, large codebases, or extended agent sessions, the larger context window reduces the need to chunk inputs or summarize history.

Powered by Mem0

Use a smaller model.
Get better results.

Mem0 gives your AI long-term memory so you stop re-sending context on every call. That means you can use a smaller, faster, cheaper model — and still get better answers.

Example: a multi-turn chat session

Without Mem0~128K tokens sent
Full history
Repeated info
Old context
With Mem0~20K tokens sent
Key memories
Current turn

80% less to send — works with any model