Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct
Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct is the previous-generation flagship from Alibaba, a 72-billion-parameter model with a 131K context window released in September 2024. Superseded by Qwen 3 72B in April 2025, it remains widely deployed because workloads pinned to a specific checkpoint for reproducibility rarely migrate quickly — inference pipelines with cached prompts, fine-tuned adapters, or benchmarked output distributions commonly run a generation behind for six months or more. Benchmark scores on MMLU, HumanEval, and multilingual evals remain competitive against current-generation models in its parameter class. The Qwen license covers commercial use. Pricing across hosted providers tracks closely with Qwen 3 72B for now, though expect 2.5 rates to soften as provider capacity shifts toward the newer generation.
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Questions developers ask
How much does it cost to run Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct for 100M tokens?▾
Running Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct with 100M input and 10M output tokens per month costs approximately $21.50 on DeepInfra, the cheapest available provider as of the latest pricing data. Costs vary significantly depending on your input/output ratio and whether you use prompt caching.
What is the cheapest provider for Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct?▾
DeepInfra currently offers Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct at the lowest total cost for a standard workload. Prices change frequently — check the provider table above for the latest data.
What context window does Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct support?▾
Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct supports a context window of 131,072 tokens. Individual providers may cap this lower.
What's the cheapest way to run Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct?▾
The cheapest way to run Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct is via DeepInfra, starting at $0.18 per million input tokens. If your workload is prompt-heavy, enabling prompt caching can reduce costs further.
Is there a free tier for Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct?▾
Free tiers vary by provider and change frequently. Check each provider's current pricing page for trial credits or free-tier limits. The prices shown on this page reflect paid API access.
How much does Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct cost for 1M tokens?▾
Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct input pricing starts at $0.18 per million tokens on DeepInfra. Output tokens are typically priced 2–4× higher than input tokens depending on the provider.
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Prices verified May 27, 2026 by scraping 4 providers. Methodology · Raw data