Qwen 2.5 VL 32B Instruct vs Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud): API price and specs

Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is 59% cheaper than Qwen 2.5 VL 32B Instruct on input price.

Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is 6% cheaper than Qwen 2.5 VL 32B Instruct on output price.

Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is 34% cheaper than Qwen 2.5 VL 32B Instruct on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) has a 104.8% larger context than Qwen 2.5 VL 32B Instruct.

Field	Qwen 2.5 VL 32B Instruct	Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)
Lowest input, per 1M	$0.05 +142.7%	$0.0206
Median input, per 1M	$0.20 +466.6%	$0.0353
Lowest output, per 1M	$0.22 +6.8%	$0.21
Median output, per 1M	$0.60 +98%	$0.30
Lowest unit price	—	—
Cost of 1M in + 200k out	$0.094 +52.1%	$0.0618
Context	128K +51.2%	262K
Max output	16K	—
Providers	5	2 +60%
Regions	US	—
Accepts	image, text, video	image, text
Returns	text	text
Type	Text models	Text models
Free option	no	no
Cheapest provider	io-net	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.

Providers selling both

aihubmix, meganova

Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper, Qwen 2.5 VL 32B Instruct or Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)?

Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is 59% cheaper than Qwen 2.5 VL 32B Instruct on input price. Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is 6% cheaper than Qwen 2.5 VL 32B Instruct on output price. Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud) is 34% cheaper than Qwen 2.5 VL 32B Instruct on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Which has the larger context, Qwen 2.5 VL 32B Instruct or Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)?

Qwen 2.5 VL 32B Instruct: 128K tokens; Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud): 262K tokens.

Where can I use both Qwen 2.5 VL 32B Instruct and Qwen3 VL Flash (Alibaba Cloud)?

aihubmix, meganova