Alibaba (Qwen), open weights

# Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct

> Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct by Alibaba (Qwen), released September 2024. Ranked #302 of 354 with a Noometry Index of 29.9. API: $2.80 in / $8.40 out per M tokens. 131K context. Scores, sources and comparisons.
- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/models/qwen2-5-vl-72b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Title: Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct Benchmarks, Price & Rank (October 2026)

Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct by Alibaba (Qwen) ranks 302nd of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 29.9. Its strongest category is multimodal, where it ranks 97th. API pricing starts at $2.80 per million input tokens and $8.40 per million output tokens, with a 131K-token context window.

Last verified October 10, 2026

## Specifications

- **Noometry rank:** #302 of 354
- **Index score:** 29.9
- **Evidence:** Confirmed 6 results
- **Provider:** [![](/logos/alibaba.svg) Alibaba (Qwen)](https://noometry.com/providers/alibaba)
- **Released:** September 1, 2024
- **Weights:** Open weights
- **Reasoning:** No
- **Context window:** 131K
- **Max output:** 8K
- **Input price:** $2.80 / M
- **Output price:** $8.40 / M
- **Blended price:** $4.20 / M
- **Output speed:** 43 tokens/s [Kagi](https://help.kagi.com/kagi/ai/llm-benchmark.html)
- **Value:** #197 of 219
- **Knowledge cutoff:** April 2024
- **Input:** text, image
- **Hugging Face:** [Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-72B-Instruct](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-72B-Instruct)

## Category scores

Each category score combines every public result we have in that category.

Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct category scores

1.  Agentic & Tool Use 18.6
2.  Reasoning 20.7
3.  Multimodal 33.5
4.  1520253035

Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct category ranks
| Category | Score | Rank | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Agentic & Tool Use](https://noometry.com/best/agentic) | 18.6 | #144 | 1 |
| [Reasoning](https://noometry.com/best/reasoning) | 20.7 | #233 | 1 |
| [Multimodal](https://noometry.com/best/multimodal) | 33.5 | #97 | 3 |

## Strengths and weaknesses

Categories where Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct places highest and lowest among the models ranked in each, with its score against that category's median.

### Strongest categories

Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: strongest categories
| Category | Score | vs median | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Reasoning](https://noometry.com/best/reasoning) | 20.7 | −2.9 | #233 of 350, top 67% |

### Weakest categories

Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: weakest categories
| Category | Score | vs median | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Agentic & Tool Use](https://noometry.com/best/agentic) | 18.6 | −11.7 | #144 of 154, top 94% |

## Closest competitors

The models ranked just above and below Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct. When scores are this close, price and speed are often the better way to choose.

Models ranked closest to Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct
| Model | Rank | Score | Blended $/M | Speed |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Palm 2](https://noometry.com/models/palm-2) | #298 | 30.0 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/palm-2-vs-qwen2-5-vl-72b-instruct) |
| [Gemma 7B](https://noometry.com/models/gemma-7b) | #299 | 30.0 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-7b-vs-qwen2-5-vl-72b-instruct) |
| [Qwen2-72B](https://noometry.com/models/qwen2-72b) | #300 | 30.0 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/qwen2-5-vl-72b-instruct-vs-qwen2-72b) |
| [Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B](https://noometry.com/models/gemini-1-5-flash-8b) | #301 | 29.9 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-5-flash-8b-vs-qwen2-5-vl-72b-instruct) |
| [Mistral](https://noometry.com/models/mistral) | #303 | 29.9 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-vs-qwen2-5-vl-72b-instruct) |
| [OLMo 2 Furious 13B](https://noometry.com/models/olmo-2-furious-13b) | #304 | 29.7 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/olmo-2-furious-13b-vs-qwen2-5-vl-72b-instruct) |
| [Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct](https://noometry.com/models/phi-3-mini-128k-instruct) | #305 | 29.7 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/phi-3-mini-128k-instruct-vs-qwen2-5-vl-72b-instruct) |
| [phi-3-medium 14B](https://noometry.com/models/phi-3-medium-14b) | #306 | 29.7 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/phi-3-medium-14b-vs-qwen2-5-vl-72b-instruct) |

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## Benchmark results

Every published result we track, with its source. Bold rows are the ones used for ranking; where several exist we prefer independent runs over self-reported numbers.

### Agentic & Tool Use

Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct Agentic & Tool Use benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [OSWorld](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/osworld) | 5% | #8 of 8, top 100% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |

### Reasoning

Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct Reasoning benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Kagi LLM Benchmark](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/kagi-reasoning) | 36% | #87 of 99, top 88% |  | [Kagi LLM Benchmark](https://help.kagi.com/kagi/ai/llm-benchmark.html) |  |

### Multimodal

Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct Multimodal benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Vision](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-vision) | 1107 | #106 of 122, top 87% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/vision) | 2026-10-09 |
| [Video-MME](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/video-mme) | 73.5% | #4 of 15, top 27% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| [GeoBench](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/geobench) | 62% | #17 of 25, top 68% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| [SpatialViz-Bench](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/spatialviz-bench) | 33.3% | #6 of 8, top 75% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |

## API pricing by provider

Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct API prices
| Route | Input $/M | Output $/M | Cached input $/M | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [alibaba](https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/models) | $2.80 | $8.40 | — | 2026-10-10 |
| [openrouter](https://openrouter.ai/qwen/qwen2.5-vl-72b-instruct) | $0.80 | $1 | $0.40 | 2026-10-10 |

[All Alibaba (Qwen) API prices →](https://noometry.com/llm-pricing/alibaba) [Estimate your cost →](https://noometry.com/tools/cost-calculator)

## Compare Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct

-   [Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct vs Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-5-flash-8b-vs-qwen2-5-vl-72b-instruct)
-   [Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct vs Mistral](https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-vs-qwen2-5-vl-72b-instruct)
-   [Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct vs Qwen2-72B](https://noometry.com/compare/qwen2-5-vl-72b-instruct-vs-qwen2-72b)
-   [Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct vs OLMo 2 Furious 13B](https://noometry.com/compare/olmo-2-furious-13b-vs-qwen2-5-vl-72b-instruct)
-   [Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct vs Gemma 7B](https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-7b-vs-qwen2-5-vl-72b-instruct)
-   [Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct](https://noometry.com/compare/phi-3-mini-128k-instruct-vs-qwen2-5-vl-72b-instruct)
-   [Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct vs GPT-6 Astra](https://noometry.com/compare/gpt-6-astra-vs-qwen2-5-vl-72b-instruct)
-   [Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct vs Claude Fable 5.1](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-fable-5-1-vs-qwen2-5-vl-72b-instruct)
-   [Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct vs Gemini 3.8 Flash](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-3-8-flash-vs-qwen2-5-vl-72b-instruct)
-   [Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct vs Kimi K3](https://noometry.com/compare/kimi-k3-vs-qwen2-5-vl-72b-instruct)
-   [Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct vs Grok 4.6](https://noometry.com/compare/grok-4-6-vs-qwen2-5-vl-72b-instruct)
-   [Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct vs GLM-5.3](https://noometry.com/compare/glm-5-3-vs-qwen2-5-vl-72b-instruct)
-   [Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct vs Muse Spark 1.3](https://noometry.com/compare/muse-spark-1-3-vs-qwen2-5-vl-72b-instruct)
-   [Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct vs DeepSeek V4 Pro](https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-v4-pro-vs-qwen2-5-vl-72b-instruct)

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## Frequently asked questions

### How good is Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct?

Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct by Alibaba (Qwen) ranks 302nd of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 29.9. Its strongest category is multimodal, where it ranks 97th. API pricing starts at $2.80 per million input tokens and $8.40 per million output tokens, with a 131K-token context window.

### How much does Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct cost?

Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct costs $2.80 per million input tokens and $8.40 per million output tokens on Alibaba (Qwen)'s own API.

### What is Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct's context window?

Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct accepts up to 131K tokens of input and can write up to 8K tokens in one response.

### Is Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct open source?

Yes. Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct's weights are downloadable from Hugging Face (Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-72B-Instruct); check the license for commercial terms.

### How fast is Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct?

Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct generated about 43 output tokens per second in the Kagi LLM Benchmark's timed runs. Speed varies by provider, load and reasoning effort.

### What are Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct's strengths and weaknesses?

Relative to other ranked models, Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct places best in reasoning and lowest in agentic & tool use.

### What is Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct best at?

Its best category is multimodal, where it ranks 97th on Noometry.

### Cite this page

Noometry. (2026). Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct benchmarks and pricing. Retrieved October 10, 2026, from https://noometry.com/models/qwen2-5-vl-72b-instruct

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