Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B
AI model by Alibaba. Real-time pricing and benchmark data.
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Editorial Analysis
Profile. Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B is a budget-tier option from Alibaba at $0.49/M output tokens. Despite the low price, it scores competitively on measurable benchmarks — making it a candidate for high-volume production workloads where unit cost dominates.
Cost model. For a workload of 1M input tokens + 100K output tokens, Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B costs $0.52 per million input-equivalent requests. Multiply by your monthly request volume to project the bill, and compare against the speed/correctness profile above to decide if the trade-off is worth it for your workload.
Editorial summary generated from public pricing and benchmark data (Artificial Analysis API). All numbers are sourced — see the Artificial Analysis methodology for benchmark definitions. Last refreshed 2026-08-24.
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| Model | Input | Output | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|
Qwen2.5 Instruct 72BCurrent | $0.47 | $0.49 | — |
| Grok 4 Fast (Non-reasoning) | $0.20 | $0.50 | — |
| Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) | $0.20 | $0.50 | — |
| Phi-4 | $0.13 | $0.50 | 39 tok/s |
| Grok 3 mini Reasoning (high) | $0.30 | $0.50 | 86 tok/s |
| Hy3 | $0.14 | $0.55 | 67 tok/s |