Alibaba

Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B

AI model by Alibaba. Real-time pricing and benchmark data.

Pricing (per 1M tokens)

Input$0.47
Output$0.49
Blended (3:1)$0.47

Source: Artificial Analysis

Performance

Output Speed
Time to First Token

Median values from Artificial Analysis

Benchmarks

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.

Compare with similar models

ModelInputOutputSpeed
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$0.5039 tok/s
Grok 3 mini Reasoning (high)
$0.30$0.5086 tok/s
Hy3
$0.14$0.5567 tok/s

Example Costs

Single Request
$0.0007
1.0K in / 500 out
1K Requests/day
$0.7150
1.0M in / 500.0K out
10K Requests/day
$7.15
10.0M in / 5.0M out