Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct vs Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20: API price and specs

Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 is 38% cheaper than Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct on input price.

Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct is 84% cheaper than Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 on output price.

Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct is 52% cheaper than Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 has a 700% larger context than Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct.

Field	Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct	Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20
Lowest input, per 1M	$0.23 +61.4%	$0.14
Median input, per 1M	$0.36 +62.7%	$0.22
Lowest output, per 1M	$0.40	$2.50 +524.8%
Median output, per 1M	$0.40	$2.91 +628%
Lowest unit price	—	—
Cost of 1M in + 200k out	$0.31	$0.64 +107.2%
Context	131K +87.5%	1M
Max output	16K +91.8%	200K
Providers	11	2 +81.8%
Regions	US	—
Accepts	text	audio, image, text, video
Returns	text	text
Type	Text models	Text models
Free option	no	no
Cheapest provider	requesty	jiekou

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

aihubmix, jiekou

Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper, Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct or Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 is 38% cheaper than Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct on input price. Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct is 84% cheaper than Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 on output price. Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct is 52% cheaper than Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Which has the larger context, Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct or Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20?

Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct: 131K tokens; Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20: 1M tokens.

Where can I use both Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct and Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20?

aihubmix, jiekou