LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 vs Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct Comparison
Comparing LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 and Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 and Qwen2.5 VL 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.
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 has 488.0B more parameters than Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct, making it 677.8% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).
Input Capabilities
Supported data types and modalities
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 does not.
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
License
Usage and distribution terms
LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 is licensed under MIT, 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.
MIT
Open weights
tongyi-qianwen
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 was released on 2026-01-14, while Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct was released on 2025-01-26.
LongCat-Flash-Thinking-2601 is 12 months newer than Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct.
Jan 14, 2026
2 months ago
11mo newerJan 26, 2025
1.1 years ago
Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.
Unable to compare the recency of their training data.
Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
View detailsAlibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Detailed Comparison
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