Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
Analysis Summary
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct is a large vision-language model from Alibaba's Qwen family, released February 2025, with a 131K context window and image understanding support. At $0.25 input and $0.75 output per million tokens, pricing is competitive for a 72B-class model.
However, no benchmark data is available, making it impossible to assess reasoning depth, instruction-following quality, or coding capability. Vision support and the large parameter count suggest potential, but unverified performance is a significant risk for business deployment.
A -4 point regional penalty also applies. Businesses should treat this as an exploratory option and await independent benchmark results before using it in production workflows.
Assessed June 6, 2026
Editorial notes
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct is a vision-capable model with a 131K context window and competitive pricing, but no benchmark data is available to verify its reasoning or content quality.
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Performance Profile
How Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct compares
Its 131K-token context window is larger than 60% of the models we list. At $0.25 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 47% of comparable models.
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.
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
qwen/qwen2.5-vl-72b-instruct
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| Provider | qwen |
| Release Date | February 1, 2025 |
| Context Length | 131,072 tokens |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.25 | $0.000250 |
| Output | $0.75 | $0.000750 |
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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 $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.75 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 131,072 tokens (131K).
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.
