Qwen2 Instruct 72B: Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis
Analysis of Alibaba's Qwen2 Instruct 72B and comparison to other AI models across key metrics including quality, price, performance (tokens per second & time to first token), context window & more. Click on any model to compare API providers for that model. For more details including relating to our methodology, see our FAQs.
Alibaba has launched a newer model, Qwen2.5 72B. We suggest considering this model instead of Qwen2 72B. See the following pages for a comparison of Qwen2.5 72B to other models and Qwen2.5 72B API provider benchmarks.
Comparison Summary
Intelligence:
Qwen2 72B is of lower quality compared to average, with a MMLU score of 0.622 and a Intelligence Index across evaluations of 33.
Price:Speed:Qwen2 72B is slower compared to average, with a output speed of 31.0 tokens per second.
Latency:Qwen2 72B has a lower latency compared to average, taking 1.31s to receive the first token (TTFT).
Context Window:Qwen2 72B has a smaller context windows than average, with a context window of 130k tokens.
Highlights
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index; Higher is better
Speed
Output Tokens per Second; Higher is better
Price
USD per 1M Tokens; Lower is better
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Qwen2 Instruct 72B Model Details
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