Llama 3.2 90B Instruct vs Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct Comparison

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

5 benchmarks

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct outperforms in 1 benchmarks (AI2D), while Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct is better at 4 benchmarks (ChartQA, DocVQA, MMMU, MMMU-Pro).

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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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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Meta
Llama 3.2 90B Instruct
Input tokens$0.35
Output tokens$0.40
Best providerDeepinfra
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

18.0B diff

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct has 18.0B more parameters than Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct, making it 25.0% larger.

Meta
Llama 3.2 90B Instruct
90.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
72.0Bparameters
90.0B
Llama 3.2 90B Instruct
72.0B
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

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).

Meta
Llama 3.2 90B Instruct
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Llama 3.2 90B Instruct and Qwen2.5 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

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct is licensed under Llama 3.2, while Qwen2.5 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 90B Instruct

Llama 3.2

Open weights

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

tongyi-qianwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct was released on 2024-09-25, while Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct was released on 2025-01-26.

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct is 4 months newer than Llama 3.2 90B Instruct.

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct

Sep 25, 2024

1.5 years ago

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

Jan 26, 2025

1.1 years ago

4mo newer

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

Larger context window (128,000 tokens)
Higher AI2D score (92.3% vs 88.4%)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Higher ChartQA score (89.5% vs 85.5%)
Higher DocVQA score (96.4% vs 90.1%)
Higher MMMU score (70.2% vs 60.3%)
Higher MMMU-Pro score (51.1% vs 45.2%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Meta
Llama 3.2 90B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct