Llama 3.2 90B Instruct vs Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct leads the LLM Stats Score 14.3 to 5.2.
Meta · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct leads the overall LLM Stats Score 14.3 to 5.2, ranking #236 overall.
In the 3 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct wins 3; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.
Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose Llama 3.2 90B Instruct
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2024
Choose Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
- overall performance matters — it scores 14.3 and ranks #236 on LLM Stats
- you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 3 of 3 exact shared results
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Capability indexes
Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks
Individual benchmarks
13 reported for Llama 3.2 90B Instruct · 15 for Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Llama 3.2 90B Instruct outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct is better at 3 benchmarks (ChartQA, MMMU-Pro, TextVQA).
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Human preference
Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Llama 3.2 90B Instruct has 16.6B more parameters than Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct, making it 22.6% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Llama 3.2 90B Instruct specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Llama 3.2 90B Instruct specifies output context (128,000 tokens).
Input capabilities
Documented input modalities across available providers
Both Llama 3.2 90B Instruct and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct support multimodal inputs.
They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.
Llama 3.2 90B Instruct
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
License
Usage and distribution terms
Llama 3.2 90B Instruct is licensed under Llama 3.2, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct uses tongyi-qianwen.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Llama 3.2
Open weights
tongyi-qianwen
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Llama 3.2 90B Instruct was released on 2024-09-25, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct was released on 2024-08-29.
Llama 3.2 90B Instruct is 1 month newer than Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct.
Sep 25, 2024
2.0 years ago
3w newerAug 29, 2024
2.0 years ago
Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-06-30, while Llama 3.2 90B Instruct's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct's training data extends to 2023-06-30, but cannot make a direct comparison without Llama 3.2 90B Instruct's cutoff date.
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Jun 2023
Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Llama 3.2 90B Instruct and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Llama 3.2 90B Instruct vs Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct.