Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct vs Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct: API price and specs

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct is 22% cheaper than Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct on input price.

Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct is 41% cheaper than Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct on output price.

Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct is 2% cheaper than Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct has a 100% larger context than Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct.

Field	Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct
Lowest input, per 1M	$0.23 +27.8%	$0.18
Median input, per 1M	$0.36 +67.4%	$0.21
Lowest output, per 1M	$0.40	$0.68 +70%
Median output, per 1M	$0.40	$0.72 +80%
Lowest unit price	—	—
Cost of 1M in + 200k out	$0.31	$0.32 +1.9%
Context	131K +50%	262K
Max output	16K +93.7%	262K
Providers	11	4 +63.6%
Regions	US	—
Accepts	text	image, text
Returns	text	text
Type	Text models	Text models
Free option	no	no
Cheapest provider	requesty	deepinfra

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.

Providers selling both

deepinfra, kilo, openrouter, siliconflow

Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper, Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct or Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct is 22% cheaper than Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct on input price. Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct is 41% cheaper than Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct on output price. Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct is 2% cheaper than Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Which has the larger context, Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct or Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct: 131K tokens; Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct: 262K tokens.

Where can I use both Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

deepinfra, kilo, openrouter, siliconflow