Model comparison

Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct vs Qwen3 Coder Next

Qwen3 Coder Next is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.3 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 12, 2026. 0 shared benchmarks.

Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct

Alibaba (Qwen)

29.9

Rank #302 Confirmed

Qwen3 Coder Next

Alibaba (Qwen)

34.3

Rank #232 Reported

Summary

Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper at $0.12 / $0.80 per million input/output tokens, against $2.80 / $8.40 for Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct.
Qwen3 Coder Next accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.

Side by side

Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct and Qwen3 Coder Next specifications
	Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct	Qwen3 Coder Next
Provider	Alibaba (Qwen)	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	29.9	34.3
Released	2024-09	2026-02-02
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	131K	262K
Max output	8K	66K
Input $ / M tokens	$2.80	$0.12
Output $ / M tokens	$8.40	$0.80
Results tracked	6	3

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —, Qwen3 Coder Next: 36.3 (#210)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct	Qwen3 Coder Next
SciCode	—	32.3%
WeirdML	—	34.4%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: 18.6 (#144), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct	Qwen3 Coder Next
OSWorld	5%	—

Reasoning Qwen3 Coder Next leads

Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: 20.7 (#233), Qwen3 Coder Next: 22.4 (#196)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct	Qwen3 Coder Next
Kagi LLM Benchmark	36%	—
CritPt	—	0%

Multimodal Not comparable

Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: 33.5 (#97), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct	Qwen3 Coder Next
LMArena Vision	1107	—
Video-MME	73.5%	—
GeoBench	62%	—
SpatialViz-Bench	33.3%	—

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct better than Qwen3 Coder Next?

Qwen3 Coder Next is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.3 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct or Qwen3 Coder Next?

Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper. It lists at $0.12 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens; Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct lists at $2.80 and $8.40.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3 Coder Next does, with 262K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct and Qwen3 Coder Next share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct has 6 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Coder Next has 3.