Qwen2.5 7B Instruct vs Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct: API price and specs

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is 78% cheaper than Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct on input price.

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is 93% cheaper than Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct on output price.

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is 84% cheaper than Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct has a 694.4% larger context than Qwen2.5 7B Instruct.

Field	Qwen2.5 7B Instruct	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct
Lowest input, per 1M	$0.04	$0.18 +350%
Median input, per 1M	$0.085	$0.21 +152.9%
Lowest output, per 1M	$0.05	$0.68 +1260%
Median output, per 1M	$0.15	$0.72 +380%
Lowest unit price	—	—
Cost of 1M in + 200k out	$0.05	$0.32 +532%
Context	33K +87.4%	262K
Max output	29K +88.7%	262K
Providers	9	4 +55.6%
Regions	US	—
Accepts	text	image, text
Returns	text	text
Type	Text models	Text models
Free option	no	no
Cheapest provider	deepinfra	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, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct or Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is 78% cheaper than Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct on input price. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is 93% cheaper than Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct on output price. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is 84% cheaper than Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Which has the larger context, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct or Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 33K tokens; Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct: 262K tokens.

Where can I use both Qwen2.5 7B Instruct and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

deepinfra, kilo, openrouter, siliconflow