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Qwen2.5 7B Instruct vs Qwen VL Max

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Higher intelligence benchmark

Qwen VL Max wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Supports vision
Price Advantage
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Context Window
Qwen VL Max
Speed
N/A

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricQwen2.5 7B InstructQwen VL MaxWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.04$0.80 Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.10$3.20 Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is 96% cheaper overall.

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct Providers

Phala $0.04 (Cheapest)
AtlasCloud $0.04 (Cheapest)
Together $0.30

Qwen VL Max Providers

Alibaba $0.80 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Qwen2.5 7B Instruct Wins
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Qwen VL Max Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkQwen2.5 7B InstructQwen VL MaxWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
35.2--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
36.5--
GPQA
Graduate-level science
5.5--
BBH
Big-Bench Hard
34.9--
Both models show comparable benchmark performance.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
32,768
tokens
Qwen VL Max
131,072
tokens
Max output: 32,768 tokens
Qwen VL Max has a 75% larger context window.

Speed Performance

Speed benchmarks not available for these models

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureQwen2.5 7B InstructQwen VL Max
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyQwen2.5 7B InstructQwen VL Max
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorQwenQwen
ReleasedOct 2024Feb 2025

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct Modalities

Input
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Output
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Qwen VL Max Modalities

Input
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Output
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Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $0.04/M tokens. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $0.10/M tokens.
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of N/A, compared to Qwen VL Max's score of N/A.
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has a 32,768 token context window, while Qwen VL Max has a 131,072 token context window.
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct does not support vision. Qwen VL Max supports vision.