Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct vs Qwen3 Max Preview: API price and specs
Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct is 41% cheaper than Qwen3 Max Preview on input price.
Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct is 85% cheaper than Qwen3 Max Preview on output price.
Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct is 61% cheaper than Qwen3 Max Preview on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
Qwen3 Max Preview has a 100% larger context than Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct.
| Field | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct | Qwen3 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest input, per 1M | $0.50 | $0.85 +69.2% |
| Median input, per 1M | $1.01 +17.7% | $0.86 |
| Lowest output, per 1M | $0.50 | $3.38 +576.8% |
| Median output, per 1M | $1.01 | $3.43 +239.7% |
| Lowest unit price | — | — |
| Cost of 1M in + 200k out | $0.60 | $1.52 +153.8% |
| Context | 128K +50% | 256K |
| Max output | 115K | 64K +44.4% |
| Providers | 10 | 2 +80% |
| Regions | EU | — |
| Accepts | image, image/bmp, image/heic, image/jpeg, image/png, image/tiff, image/webp, text, video, video/mp4, video/quicktime, video/x-flv, video/x-matroska, video/x-ms-wmv, video/x-msvideo | image, text |
| Returns | text | text |
| Type | Text models | Text models |
| Free option | no | no |
| Cheapest provider | aihubmix | aihubmix |
Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.
Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.
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Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct or Qwen3 Max Preview?
Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct is 41% cheaper than Qwen3 Max Preview on input price. Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct is 85% cheaper than Qwen3 Max Preview on output price. Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct is 61% cheaper than Qwen3 Max Preview on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
Which has the larger context, Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct or Qwen3 Max Preview?
Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: 128K tokens; Qwen3 Max Preview: 256K tokens.
Where can I use both Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct and Qwen3 Max Preview?
aihubmix, qiniu-ai