Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct vs Voxtral Small 24B 2507 vs Aion-RP 1.0 (8B)
Voxtral Small 24B 2507 comes out ahead, 55 to 44 and 24 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.
Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct
44/100- ECI—
- Price$0.905 / $1.00
- Context131K
- Our pick
Mistral AIVoxtral Small 24B 2507
55/100- ECI—
- Price$0.10 / $0.40
- Context33K
Aion Labs
Aion-RP 1.0 (8B)
24/100- ECI—
- Price$0.80 / $1.60
- Context33K
Voxtral Small 24B 2507 is our pick
Voxtral Small 24B 2507 is the better all-round choice, scoring 55/100 against Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct (44) and Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) (24). It leads on price. Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct wins on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
- CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
- Lowest priceVoxtral Small 24B 2507Voxtral Small 24B 2507 $0.175 · Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct $0.93 · Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) $1.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextQwen2.5-VL 72B InstructQwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct 131,072 · Voxtral Small 24B 2507 32,768 · Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) 32,768 tokens
- Widest inputsQwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct and Voxtral Small 24B 2507Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: Text, Images · Voxtral Small 24B 2507: Text, Audio · Aion-RP 1.0 (8B): Text
- Self-hostingAll open weightsEvery model here can be downloaded and run on your own hardware
| Measure | Weight | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct | Voxtral Small 24B 2507 | Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 50% | 49 | 82 | 48 |
| Inputs & features | 30% | 50 | 45 | 0 |
| Context window | 20% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Overall | 100% | 44/100 | 55/100 | 24/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | Qwen2.5-VL 72B InstructAlibaba (Qwen) | Voxtral Small 24B 2507Mistral AI | Aion-RP 1.0 (8B)Aion Labs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.905 | $0.10 (best) | $0.80 |
| Output | $1.00 | $0.40 (best) | $1.60 |
| Cached input | — | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.93 | $0.175 (best) | $1.00 |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Median of 6 providers | Official Mistral API | Median of 4 providers |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 131,072 tokens (best) | 32,768 tokens | 32,768 tokens |
| Max output | 8,192 tokens | 32,768 tokens (best) | 29,491 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | No | No |
| PDFs | No | No | No |
| Audio | No | Yes | No |
| Video | No | No | No |
| Reasoning | No | No | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | No |
| Structured output | No | Yes | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Open | OpenApache 2.0 | Open |
| API model ID | — | voxtral-small-latest | — |
| API providers | 6 | 10 (best) | 4 |
| Released | Jan 26, 2025 | Jul 15, 2025 | Feb 4, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Apr 2024 | — | Dec 31, 2023 |
What would a month cost?
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- Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct$11.06
- Voxtral Small 24B 2507$1.80
- Aion-RP 1.0 (8B)$11.20
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct, Voxtral Small 24B 2507 or Aion-RP 1.0 (8B)?
Voxtral Small 24B 2507 is the better all-round choice, scoring 55/100 against Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct (44) and Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) (24). It leads on price. Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct wins on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
Which is cheaper, Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct, Voxtral Small 24B 2507 or Aion-RP 1.0 (8B)?
Voxtral Small 24B 2507 is cheaper at $0.10 input / $0.40 output per million tokens (official Mistral API price). Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct costs $0.905 input / $1.00 output per million tokens (median across 6 API providers); Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) costs $0.80 input / $1.60 output per million tokens (median across 4 API providers). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.175 per million tokens for Voxtral Small 24B 2507 versus $0.93 for Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct (5.3× as much) and $1.00 for Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) (5.7× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct has not been scored yet, Voxtral Small 24B 2507 has not been scored yet and Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct, Voxtral Small 24B 2507 and Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Note that Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct has the largest context window at 131,072 tokens, against 32,768 for Voxtral Small 24B 2507 and 32,768 for Aion-RP 1.0 (8B). Maximum output per response: Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct up to 8,192, Voxtral Small 24B 2507 up to 32,768, Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) up to 29,491 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct accepts text and images; Voxtral Small 24B 2507 accepts text and audio; Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) accepts text. Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Yes, all three publish their weights (Apache 2.0), so you can self-host them.
Which is newer?
Voxtral Small 24B 2507 is the newest, released Jul 15, 2025. Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) came out Feb 4, 2025; Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct came out Jan 26, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct Apr 2024, Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) Dec 31, 2023.
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 Nov 2, 2026.
