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Qwen2.5 7B Instruct vs Qwen3 Coder Flash

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

Qwen3 Coder Flash wins:

  • Larger context window
Price Advantage
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Context Window
Qwen3 Coder Flash
Speed
N/A

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricQwen2.5 7B InstructQwen3 Coder FlashWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.04$0.30 Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.10$1.50 Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$80000.00 Qwen3 Coder Flash
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is 91% cheaper overall.

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct Providers

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

Qwen3 Coder Flash Providers

Alibaba $0.30 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
0
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct Wins
0
Qwen3 Coder Flash Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkQwen2.5 7B InstructQwen3 Coder FlashWinner
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
Qwen3 Coder Flash
128,000
tokens
Max output: 65,536 tokens
Qwen3 Coder Flash has a 74% larger context window.

Speed Performance

Speed benchmarks not available for these models

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureQwen2.5 7B InstructQwen3 Coder Flash
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyQwen2.5 7B InstructQwen3 Coder Flash
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorQwenQwen
ReleasedOct 2024Sep 2025

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

Qwen3 Coder Flash Modalities

Input
text
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 Qwen3 Coder Flash's score of N/A.
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has a 32,768 token context window, while Qwen3 Coder Flash has a 128,000 token context window.
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct does not support vision. Qwen3 Coder Flash does not support vision.