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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct vs Nova Pro

Nova Pro comes out ahead, 48 to 40 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

    Released Sep 19, 2024

    40/100
    • ECI129.0
    • Price$1.40 / $5.60
    • Context131K
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  2. Our pick

    Amazon

    Nova Pro

    Released Dec 3, 2024

    48/100
    • ECI123.8
    • Price$0.80 / $3.20
    • Context300K
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01 — Verdict

Nova Pro is our pick

Nova Pro is the better all-round choice, scoring 48/100 against Qwen2.5 72B Instruct (40). It leads on price, inputs & features and context window. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct wins on capability. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityQwen2.5 72B InstructCapabilities Index (ECI): Qwen2.5 72B Instruct 129.0 · Nova Pro 123.8
  • Lowest priceNova ProNova Pro $1.40 · Qwen2.5 72B Instruct $2.45 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextNova ProNova Pro 300,000 · Qwen2.5 72B Instruct 131,072 tokens
  • Widest inputsNova ProQwen2.5 72B Instruct: Text · Nova Pro: Text, Images, PDFs, Video
  • Self-hostingQwen2.5 72B InstructPublishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightQwen2.5 72B InstructNova Pro
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%5245
Price25%3143
Inputs & features15%2570
Context window10%2439
Overall100%40/10048/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct vs Nova Pro specifications side by side
SpecificationQwen2.5 72B InstructAlibaba (Qwen)Nova ProAmazon
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)129.0 (best)123.8
ECI rank#128 of 148 (best)#137 of 148
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions49.2%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics8.1%—
Price per million tokens
Input$1.40$0.80 (best)
Output$5.60$3.20 (best)
Cached input—$0.20
Blended (3:1)$2.45$1.40 (best)
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial Alibaba APIOfficial Amazon Bedrock API
Limits
Context window131,072 tokens300,000 tokens (best)
Max output8,192 tokens10,000 tokens (best)
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesNoYes
PDFsNoYes
AudioNoNo
VideoNoYes
ReasoningNoNo
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputNoNo
Availability
WeightsOpenProprietary
API model IDqwen2-5-72b-instructamazon.nova-pro-v1:0
API providers13 (best)
ReleasedSep 19, 2024Dec 3, 2024
Knowledge cutoffApr 2024Oct 2024
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • Qwen2.5 72B Instruct$25.20
  • Nova Pro$14.40
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Qwen2.5 72B Instruct or Nova Pro?

Nova Pro is the better all-round choice, scoring 48/100 against Qwen2.5 72B Instruct (40). It leads on price, inputs & features and context window. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct wins on capability. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct or Nova Pro?

Nova Pro is cheaper at $0.80 input / $3.20 output per million tokens (official Amazon Bedrock API price). Qwen2.5 72B Instruct costs $1.40 input / $5.60 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $1.40 per million tokens for Nova Pro versus $2.45 for Qwen2.5 72B Instruct (1.8× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Qwen2.5 72B Instruct 129.0 (#128 of 148) and Nova Pro 123.8 (#137 of 148). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (123.8–130.7 vs 108.8–126.6), so treat the gap as small.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Qwen2.5 72B Instruct and Nova Pro yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

Nova Pro has the largest context window at 300,000 tokens, against 131,072 for Qwen2.5 72B Instruct. Maximum output per response: Qwen2.5 72B Instruct up to 8,192, Nova Pro up to 10,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct accepts text; Nova Pro accepts text, images, PDFs and video. Nova Pro handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Nova Pro is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Nova Pro is the newest, released Dec 3, 2024. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct came out Sep 19, 2024. Knowledge cutoff: Qwen2.5 72B Instruct Apr 2024, Nova Pro Oct 2024.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.

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