Model comparison
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct vs Qwen 3 235b A22B 2507
Price history, scores and specs for both models, line by line. Every value shows where it came from and when we last confirmed it.
Qwen2.5 72B is the latest series of Qwen large language models.
Qwen instruction model for multilingual chat, reasoning, and tool use.
Price history
Prices side by side, day by day
- Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
- Qwen 3 235b A22B 2507 No price history checked yet
- Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
- Qwen 3 235b A22B 2507 No price history checked yet
Prices are the listed OpenRouter base rates in US dollars. A day we could not confirm is left out of the line, never filled in.
Price
What each one costs now
| Measure | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | Qwen 3 235b A22B 2507 |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $0.360 per million tokens | Not checked yet |
| Output price | $0.400 per million tokens | Not checked yet |
Scores
Benchmarks, with source and date
| Measure | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | Qwen 3 235b A22B 2507 |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | 7.7 | Not checked yet |
| LMArena text rating (Elo) | 1,269 | Not checked yet |
Specs
Context, modalities and tool use
| Measure | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | Qwen 3 235b A22B 2507 |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 32,768 tokens | Not checked yet |
| Reads | Text | Not checked yet |
| Writes | Text | Not checked yet |
| Tool calling | Yes | Not checked yet |
| Reasoning mode | No | Not checked yet |
| Open weights | Yes | Not checked yet |
| Listed since | 19 Sept 2024 | Not checked yet |
Usage
How much each one is used
| Measure | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | Qwen 3 235b A22B 2507 |
|---|---|---|
| Tokens served on OpenRouter in a day | 203.7M (for 10 Nov 2026) | Not checked yet |
| Requests on OpenRouter in a day | 121.6K (for 10 Nov 2026) | Not checked yet |
| Tool calls on OpenRouter in a day | 7.6K (for 10 Nov 2026) | Not checked yet |
| Token usage, last 7 days | Down 23% on the week before (for 10 Nov 2026) | Not checked yet |
- Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
- Qwen 3 235b A22B 2507 No usage checked yet
How this works
One link, either order
This link stays the same whichever order you name the two models in, so you can share it as it is. A line appears only when at least one model has a value we confirmed from a source; values we have not confirmed are left out, never guessed. To add a third record of any type, use the open comparison. Read how we check facts.