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#47BMar 18, 2026Evidence B

InternVL-U 4B

Shanghai AI Laboratory · 4B dense

Unified understanding, generation and editing at 4B

A unified 4B model that puts image understanding, generation and editing in one architecture, under Apache-2.0 and runnable on consumer GPUs. Generation 85 is its standout score, with perception 84 and documents 82 serviceable; video 65 and agents 55 show it is a content tool, not a business workhorse. Composite 75.8 puts it just inside the watchlist.

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Last updated Oct 21, 2026Editorial scoring

Bottom line

Best suited to an edge or local content workbench: product-image text swaps, partial poster redraws and image QA in one small model. Its value is “unified” and “4B”, not the score. Skip it for document pipelines, video understanding or agents — those gaps are not a tuning problem.

Eight-dimension breakdown

editorial mapping · 0–100
Perception84Document82Chart QA74Video65Agent55Generation85Chinese82Ecosystem888D
  • InternVL-U 4B75.8
Visual perception & grounding20%
84
Document parsing & Chinese OCR18%
82
Chart & document reasoning14%
74
Video & long-horizon reasoning14%
65
GUI agents & tool use14%
55
Generation & editing6%
85
Chinese context & culture6%
82
Ecosystem, cost & availability8%
88

Weights: perception 20 / documents 18 / charts 14 / video 14 / agents 14 / generation 6 / Chinese 6 / ecosystem 8. Definitions and sources on the methodology page.

Public benchmarks

as reported, not converted
Benchmark / metricValueNote
参数规模4BOfficial model card
许可证Apache-2.0Commercial use
上下文128KOfficial spec

Public scores come from different versions and prompts and are not interchangeable with our composite; they are one evidence input.

Scenario mapping

five stress tests, one scale
ScenarioScoreObservation
Product-image editing86 · Stable local redraw; text blurs easily
Chinese poster generation84 · Usable layout; typos in long copy
Chinese receipt OCR78 · Fine on clean receipts
Mobile GUI control52 · Not viable

Strengths and limitations

Strengths

  • Understanding, generation and editing in one 4B model, deployable on a single consumer GPU.
  • Apache-2.0 with no extra terms for commercial use or redistribution.
  • Generation 85: usable image editing that is rare at this size.

Limitations

  • Video 65 and agents 55 make it largely unusable for business automation.
  • Documents 82: complex tables and handwritten receipts still need a larger specialist.
  • The unified design means no single task is best-in-class; it cannot replace dedicated OCR or generation models.

Price and real cost

List price

—N/A

Open weights; runs on consumer GPUs. For 1,000 images at 1,024px, ~1,100 image tokens each and 300 output tokens, the monthly cost is about ¥0.0 (assuming input at 25% of output price).

Use your volume

About InternVL-U 4B

Is InternVL-U 4B open source?

Licence: Open weights (Apache-2.0). Weights are available, but check the exact terms and filing requirements before commercial use.

How much does InternVL-U 4B cost?

Open weights; runs on consumer GPUs. It ranks #47 with a composite of 75.8. Real bills depend on resolution, tiling, caching and volume discounts.

What is InternVL-U 4B best for?

Edge content-editing workbench; Product-image redraw and text replacement; Low-cost image QA demos。

Why does InternVL-U 4B score 75.8?

The composite weights eight dimensions: perception 20%, documents 18%, charts 14%, video 14%, agents 14%, generation 6%, Chinese 6%, ecosystem 8%. Its strongest dimension is Ecosystem, cost & availability; its weakest is GUI agents & tool use.

Personal ranking · Not an official score

Every ranking, score and comparison on this page is an independent personal ranking, not an official score, and represents no vendor, institution or regulator. Scores are a subjective mapping of public evidence under our own weights — change the weights and the order changes. Disagree, or spotted a factual error? Contact the site owner: jizhi2024@foxmail.com — we check each report and log corrections in the changelog.