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Qwen2.5 7B Instruct vs Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

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

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct wins:

  • Supports vision
Price Advantage
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Context Window
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
Speed
N/A

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricQwen2.5 7B InstructQwen2.5 VL 72B InstructWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.04$0.15 Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.10$0.60 Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$75000.00 Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is 79% cheaper overall.

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct Providers

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

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct Providers

Chutes $0.15 (Cheapest)
Nebius $0.25
Parasail $0.80
Novita $0.80
Together $1.20

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Qwen2.5 7B Instruct Wins
0
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkQwen2.5 7B InstructQwen2.5 VL 72B InstructWinner
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
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
32,768
tokens
Max output: 32,768 tokens

Speed Performance

Speed benchmarks not available for these models

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureQwen2.5 7B InstructQwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyQwen2.5 7B InstructQwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorQwenQwen
ReleasedOct 2024Feb 2025

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

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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 Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct's score of N/A.
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has a 32,768 token context window, while Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct has a 32,768 token context window.
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct does not support vision. Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct supports vision.