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Qwen-Image

Alibaba · image line · open weights

4 releases since 2025Latest: Qwen-Image 3.0

Where the line stands

How long it has been since the last release against the line's usual gap and its recent ones — the rhythm, not a date.

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Qwen-Image 3.0

Alibaba · Qwen-Image line · image · open weights
Just releasedreleased 50 days ago — usual gap is ~161

Released without benchmarks, a model card or open weights — a break from the open Qwen-Image line.

Released Jul 21, 2026 · what changed →
Days since last release
Qwen-Image 3.0 · Jul 21, 2026
50
days
Usual gap
161
days
Recent gaps
Qwen-Image 3.0 · Jul 2026
161
Qwen-Image 2.0 · Feb 2026
175
Qwen-Image-Edit · Aug 2025
15

Every Qwen-Image release

Newest first — what each version changed versus the one before, in Alibaba's own numbers.

Jul
21
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Released without benchmarks, a model card or open weights — a break from the open Qwen-Image line.

Sources: Unite.AI
Feb
10
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Unifies generation and editing in a single 7B model — nearly 3× smaller than Qwen-Image, yet ahead on every major benchmark reported.

Aug
4
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Alibaba's open image model (Apache 2.0), strong at rendering text inside images.

Sources: GitHub · Hugging Face

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