| Provider | Qwen |
|---|---|
| Model ID | qwen/qwen2.5-vl-72b-instruct |
| Prompt Price per 1M tokens | $0.8 |
| Completion Price per 1M tokens | $1 |
| Sample Workload Cost 1M input + 500K output | $1.3 |
| Context Window | 131.07K |
| Release Date | |
| Popularity | #163 |
| Popularity Signal | 342.1M tokens |
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
Qwen API model specs with normalized input price, output price, context window, sample workload cost, and related comparisons.
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Prices normalized to USD per 1M tokens
Sample workload: 1M input + 500K output
Budget brief
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct is estimated at $1.3 for the standard workload.
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct is best suited for general API evaluation. A 1M input token plus 500K output token workload is estimated at $1.3.
Input price$0.8per 1M tokens
Output price$1per 1M tokens
Context window131.07Kreported maximum
Popularity#163342.1M tokens signal volume
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free) | Qwen | $0 | 262.14K | Same provider with a lower standard workload estimate. | Open model Compare |
| Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (free) | Qwen | $0 | 1.05M | Same provider with a lower standard workload estimate. | Open model Compare |
| Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Qwen | $0.09 | 131.07K | Same provider with a lower standard workload estimate. | Open model Compare |
| Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 | Qwen | $0.14 | 262.14K | Same provider with a lower standard workload estimate. | Open model Compare |
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| Llama 4 Scout | Meta | $0.25 | 10M | More context while staying near this model's sample-cost band. | Open model Compare |
| 🔥Owl Alpha | OpenRouter | $0 | 1.05M | More context while staying near this model's sample-cost band. | Open model Compare |
| 🔥DeepSeek V4 Flash | DeepSeek | $0.18 | 1.05M | More context while staying near this model's sample-cost band. | Open model Compare |
| 🔥MiMo-V2.5 | Xiaomi | $0.24 | 1.05M | More context while staying near this model's sample-cost band. | Open model Compare |
Qwen2.5-VL is proficient in recognizing common objects such as flowers, birds, fish, and insects. It is also highly capable of analyzing texts, charts, icons, graphics, and layouts within images.
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct is best suited for general API evaluation.
A 1M input token plus 500K output token workload is estimated at $1.3.
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