Alibaba (Qwen) · Released Sep 19, 2024Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Qwen instruction model for multilingual chat, reasoning, and tool use.
- Capability
- 129.0ECI · #128 of 148
- Input
- $1.40per 1M tokens
- Output
- $5.60per 1M tokens
- Context
- 131K8K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $1.40per million tokens
- Output
- $5.60per million tokens
- Blended (3:1)
- $2.45pricier than 73% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $5.60 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $63.00 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $630.00 |
Official Alibaba API price, as listed on models.dev.
Independent benchmarks
#128 of 148 scored models
The shaded band is Epoch AI’s confidence range (123.8–130.7); the tick marks the median scored model.
Scores from Epoch AI, run independently of Alibaba (Qwen).
The details
- Lab
- Alibaba (Qwen)
- Released
- Sep 19, 2024
- Knowledge cutoff
- Apr 2024
- Context window
- 131,072 tokens
- Max output
- 8,192 tokens
- Inputs
- Text
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- No
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Structured output
- No
- Weights
- Open weights
- API model ID
qwen2-5-72b-instructon Alibaba- Availability
- 1 API providerlisted on models.dev
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About Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
How much does Qwen2.5 72B Instruct cost?
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct costs $1.40 input / $5.60 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $2.45 per million tokens, more expensive than 73% of the 360 priced models we track.
What is the context window of Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct accepts up to 131,072 tokens per request and can write up to 8,192 tokens in one response.
How good is Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?
Epoch AI gives Qwen2.5 72B Instruct a Capabilities Index score of 129.0 (likely range 123.8–130.7), ranking it #128 of 148 models Epoch has scored. Epoch AI benchmark results: GPQA Diamond 49.2%, OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 8.1%.
Is Qwen2.5 72B Instruct open source?
Yes. Alibaba (Qwen) publishes the weights, so it can be downloaded and self-hosted.
What inputs does Qwen2.5 72B Instruct support?
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct accepts text and replies in text. It is not a dedicated reasoning model, supports tool calling.
When was Qwen2.5 72B Instruct released?
Alibaba (Qwen) released Qwen2.5 72B Instruct on Sep 19, 2024. Its training data runs to Apr 2024.
What are the best alternatives to Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are Mistral Large 2.1 (Mistral AI, ECI 128.5, $2.00 / $6.00), GPT-4o (OpenAI, ECI 129.0, $2.50 / $10.00), Claude Haiku 3.5 (Anthropic, ECI 127.2) and Nova Pro (Amazon, ECI 123.8, $0.80 / $3.20).