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Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis
Model summary
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Speed
Output tokens per second
Input Price
USD per 1M tokens
Output Price
USD per 1M tokens
Verbosity
Output tokens from Intelligence Index
Metrics are compared against models of the same class:
- Non-reasoning models → compared only with other non-reasoning models
- Reasoning models → compared across both reasoning and non-reasoning
- Open weights models → compared only with other open weights models of the same size class:
- Tiny: ≤4B parameters
- Small: 4B–40B parameters
- Medium: 40B–150B parameters
- Large: >150B parameters
- Proprietary models → compared across proprietary and open weights models of the same price range, using a blended 3:1 input/output price ratio:
- <$0.15 per 1M tokens
- $0.15–$1 per 1M tokens
- >$1 per 1M tokens
| Reasoning | No This page shows the non-reasoning version of this model. A reasoning variant may also exist. |
|---|---|
| Input modality | Supports: This information is still being updated |
| Output modality | This information is still being updated |
| Context window | 131k ~197 A4 pages of size 12 Arial font |
| Total parameters | 72B |
| License | Qwen License Agreement |
| Model weights | Hugging Face |
Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B is amongst the leading models in intelligence and well priced when comparing to other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size. It's also notably slow, however fairly concise. The model has a 131k tokens context window.
Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B scores 16 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it well above average among comparable models (averaging 13). When evaluating the Intelligence Index, it generated 3.1M tokens, which is fairly concise in comparison to the average of 3.8M.
Pricing for Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B is $0.00 per 1M input tokens (competitively priced, average: $0.20) and $0.00 per 1M output tokens (competitively priced, average: $0.57). In total, it cost $0.00 to evaluate Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B on the Intelligence Index.
At 27 tokens per second, Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B is notably slow (61).
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index by Open Weights / Proprietary
Intelligence Evaluations
Openness
Artificial Analysis Openness Index: Results
Intelligence Index Comparisons
Intelligence vs. Price
Intelligence Index Token Use & Cost
Output Tokens Used to Run Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Cost to Run Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Context Window
Context Window
Pricing
Pricing: Input and Output Prices
Intelligence vs. Price (Log Scale)
Pricing Comparison of Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B API Providers
Speed
Measured by Output Speed (tokens per second)
Output Speed
Output Speed vs. Price
Latency
Measured by Time (seconds) to First Token
Latency: Time To First Answer Token
End-to-End Response Time
Seconds to output 500 Tokens, calculated based on time to first token, 'thinking' time for reasoning models, and output speed
End-to-End Response Time
Model Size (Open Weights Models Only)
Model Size: Total and Active Parameters
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B
Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B was released on September 19, 2024.
Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B was created by Alibaba.
Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B scores 16 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it well above average among other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 13).
Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B generates output at 27.3 tokens per second (based on Alibaba's API), which is at the lower end compared to other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 60.8 t/s).
Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B has a time to first token (TTFT) of 3.54s (based on Alibaba's API), which is at the higher end compared to other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 1.64s).
When evaluated on the Intelligence Index, Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B generated 3.1M output tokens, which is better than average compared to other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 3.8M).
No, Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B is not a reasoning model. It provides direct responses without extended chain-of-thought reasoning.
Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B supports text only input.
Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B supports text only output.
No, Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B does not support image input. It can only process text.
No, Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B is not multimodal. It only supports text only input.
Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B has a context window of 130k tokens. This determines how much text and conversation history the model can process in a single request.
Yes, Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B is open weights. The model weights are publicly available and can be downloaded for self-hosting.
Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B has 72 billion parameters.
Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B is released under the Qwen License Agreement license. This license allows commercial use. View license
Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B achieves a score of 16 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. This composite benchmark evaluates models across reasoning, knowledge, mathematics, and coding.
Yes, Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B is available via API through 3 providers. Compare API providers
Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B is available through 3 API providers. Compare providers