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What's the best model for image-text-to-text tasks — Qwen/Qwen3.8-Flash or deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp?
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Qwen/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is the better choice over DeepSeek-V4-Flash for image-text-to-text tasks based on adoption and community support. It has significantly more downloads, indicating broader usage, and offers a solid license for commercial projects.

Comparison Overview

Model Downloads Likes License Last Updated Hugging Face Link
Qwen/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-FP8 13,314,395 370 Apache-2.0 April 24, 2026 Link
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-OCR 2,472,241 3,350 MIT November 4, 2025 Link

Verdict

Recommendation: Choose Qwen/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-FP8 for robust community support and commercial license compatibility. Opt for DeepSeek only if specific features are critical and you don’t mind the lesser adoption.

🤗 huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-FP8🤗 huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-OCR
Answered live from GitHub & Hugging Face · openai/gpt-4o-mini · 9/3/2026
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