Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Qwen2.5 72B InstructAlternatives?
CheaperGemini 3.8 Flashhighwins 79%-39%*$1.24Sampling parameters are ignored+1
BetterGPT-5 Minihighwins 60%-72%$0.053OpenGemma 4 31Bunstatedwins 72%-93%$0.10 / $0.34CheaperGemini 3.6 Flashhighwins 78%-39%*$1.60
CheaperMuse Sparkunstatedwins 77%-18%$1.25 / $4.25Only n=1 · Meta / Chat Completions+1Gemini 3.8 Flashhighwins 79%-39%*$1.24Sampling parameters are ignored+1Gemini 3.6 Flashhighwins 78%-39%*$1.60Muse Sparkunstatedwins 77%-18%$1.25 / $4.25Only n=1 · Meta / Chat Completions+1Muse Spark 1.3maxwins 77%-18%$1.60Only auto tool_choice is supported+5Gemini 3 Flash Previewunstatedwins 76%-54%$0.50 / $3GPT-5 Minihighwins 60%-72%$0.053GPT-6 Lunamaxwins 71%-92%$0.068Function calling only with none · Chat Completions+3GPT-5.6 Lunaxhighwins 71%-82%$0.085GPT-5.6 Terraxhighwins 73%+84%$0.63Prompts with >272K input tokensGPT-6.1 Solmaxwins 76%+63%$0.72Remove unsupported parameters+5Gemma 4 31BunstatedOpenwins 72%-93%$0.10 / $0.34
Mistral Medium 3.5unstatedOpenwins 70%+22%$1.50 / $7.50Memory (4-bit): 44 GB → 77 GBGemma 4 26B A4BunstatedOpenwins 70%-89%$0.15 / $0.60Qwen3.8 27BunstatedOpenwins 66%-61%$0.42 / $2.55max_tokens range · QwenCloud+4Qwen 3.5 122B A10BunstatedOpenwins 65%-55%$0.40 / $3.20Memory (4-bit): 44 GB → 75 GBQwen 3.7 Max Previewwins 74%—$2.50 / $7.50Context: not verifiedQwen3.6 Max Previewunstatedwins 74%—$1.30 / $7.80Include the word JSON · QwenCloudQwen3.7 Plusunstatedwins 73%—$0.32 / $1.28Qwen3.6 Plusunstatedwins 71%—$0.50 / $3Qwen3.5 397B A17BunstatedOpenwins 71%—$0.60 / $3.60Memory (4-bit): 44 GB → 242 GBQwen3 Max (Preview)unstatedwins 69%—$0.87 / $3.48Qwen 3Openwins 69%——Context: not verified+1Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507unstatedOpenwins 66%—$0.23 / $2.30Memory (4-bit): 44 GB → 141 GB+1All Alibaba (Qwen) models →Run it yourself
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How much does Qwen2.5 72B Instruct cost?›
$1.40 per 1M input tokens and $5.60 per 1M output tokens; cheapest via DeepInfra at $0.36 / $0.40.
Is Qwen2.5 72B Instruct free to use?›
There is no free API; the cheapest paid price is $0.36 per 1M input tokens. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is Qwen2.5 72B Instruct, and what is it best at?›
#323 of 334 in Chat & Knowledge, #161 of 239 in Coding, #135 of 242 in Agents & Tool Use, #158 of 195 in Writing & Language.
Is Qwen2.5 72B Instruct better than Ring Flash 2.0?›
On Arena Text · creative writing, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct scores 1,254 vs 1,256 — about the same.
How can I use Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?›
Through the API of DeepInfra.
What is the context window of Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?›
131K tokens, with up to 8K output tokens.
When was Qwen2.5 72B Instruct released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2024-09-16. It has been superseded by Qwen3 235B A22B.
Is Qwen2.5 72B Instruct open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (qwen licence).
Can I run Qwen2.5 72B Instruct locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
Can Qwen2.5 72B Instruct read images?›
No, it accepts text only.
What is Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?›
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is an open-weights language model from Alibaba (Qwen), released Sep 2024.
What are the best alternatives to Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?›
Gemini 3.8 Flash (cheaper), GPT-5 Mini (better), Gemma 4 31B (open weights).