Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

qwen · Released Feb 1, 2025
Intelligence #405 / 715
30.5 our score
Speed
Not reported
Input Price #499 / 717
$0.800 per 1M tokens
Output Price #358 / 717
$1.00 per 1M tokens
Context #451 / 717
128,000 tokens

Analysis Summary

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct is a multimodal text and image model with vision and a 128,000-token context window. It costs $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.75 per million output tokens. The supplied record contains no intelligence, coding, instruction-following, or agentic benchmarks, so capability beyond its stated modality and context must be tested directly.

Vision and long context make it relevant to screenshot interpretation, creative asset review, visual document analysis, and content workflows that combine copy with images. The price is appropriate for pilots and moderate-volume processing. Tool use and function calling are not listed, so it should not be treated as an agent platform based on the available evidence. Adopt it for multimodal content support with human review, especially where image input adds value to the task.

Assessed August 9, 2026

Editorial notes

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct offers vision and a 128K context window at low pricing, supporting visual document and content tasks; the supplied data has no benchmarks for judging advanced reliability.

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DFO Verdict

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct offers vision and a 128K context window at low pricing, supporting visual document and content tasks; the supplied data has no benchmarks for judging advanced reliability.

#405 of 715 overall Down 44 this week

How Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct compares

Its 128K-token context window is larger than 37% of the models we list. At $0.80 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 30% of comparable models.

Position in the field
Intelligence: smarter than 43% of models #405
Price: cheaper than 30% of models #499
Context: larger than 37% of models #451
worst in fieldmedianbest in field
Price vs frontier peers · $ per 1M tokens
Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct $0.80 in $1.00 out
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol $2.00 in $10.00 out
Claude Opus 5 $5.00 in $25.00 out
SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6 $2.00 in $6.00 out

Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.

Context window vs peers · tokens
Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct 128K

1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.

Intelligence0Technical0Value7.3Content6.2
Performance profile

Strongest on value. The pulled-in technical corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.

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Pricing

Token Type Cost per 1M tokens Cost per 1K tokens
Input $0.80 $0.000800
Output $1.00 $0.001000

What would Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct cost your business?

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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.

3,000
One request is one message, email, draft or automation call.
1,200 tokens

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About Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

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.

Frequently asked questions about Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

How much does Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct cost?

Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct costs $0.80 per million input tokens and $1.00 per million output tokens.

What is the context window of Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct?

Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct has a context window of 128,000 tokens (128K).

What can Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct do?

Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct supports image/vision input.

Who created Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct?

Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct is developed by Qwen and was released on February 1, 2025.

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