Model Comparison

Grok-4.1 Fast Non-Reasoning vs Qwen2 72B Instruct

Comparing Grok-4.1 Fast Non-Reasoning and Qwen2 72B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Grok-4.1 Fast Non-Reasoning and Qwen2 72B Instruct don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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xAI
Grok-4.1 Fast Non-Reasoning
Input tokens$0.20
Output tokens$0.50
Best providerxAI
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 72B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Grok-4.1 Fast Non-Reasoning specifies input context (2,000,000 tokens). Only Grok-4.1 Fast Non-Reasoning specifies output context (30,000 tokens).

xAI
Grok-4.1 Fast Non-Reasoning
Input2,000,000 tokens
Output30,000 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 72B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Grok-4.1 Fast Non-Reasoning supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen2 72B Instruct does not.

Grok-4.1 Fast Non-Reasoning can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Grok-4.1 Fast Non-Reasoning

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen2 72B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Grok-4.1 Fast Non-Reasoning is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen2 72B Instruct uses tongyi-qianwen.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Grok-4.1 Fast Non-Reasoning

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen2 72B Instruct

tongyi-qianwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Grok-4.1 Fast Non-Reasoning was released on 2025-11-17, while Qwen2 72B Instruct was released on 2024-07-23.

Grok-4.1 Fast Non-Reasoning is 16 months newer than Qwen2 72B Instruct.

Grok-4.1 Fast Non-Reasoning

Nov 17, 2025

4 months ago

1.3yr newer
Qwen2 72B Instruct

Jul 23, 2024

1.7 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

xAI
Larger context window (2,000,000 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2 72B Instruct

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Has open weights

Detailed Comparison

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Feature
xAI
Grok-4.1 Fast Non-Reasoning
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 72B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Grok-4.1 Fast Non-Reasoning vs Qwen2 72B Instruct

Grok-4.1 Fast Non-Reasoning (xAI) and Qwen2 72B Instruct (Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.
Qwen2 72B Instruct scores GSM8k: 91.1%, CMMLU: 90.1%, HellaSwag: 87.6%, HumanEval: 86.0%, Winogrande: 85.1%.
Grok-4.1 Fast Non-Reasoning supports 2.0M tokens and Qwen2 72B Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs tongyi-qianwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Grok-4.1 Fast Non-Reasoning is developed by xAI and Qwen2 72B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.