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Particle-1 vs Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Particle-1 leads the LLM Stats Score 31.9 to 13.8.

Particle AI · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Particle-1 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 31.9 to 13.8, ranking #133 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Particle-1

  • overall performance matters — it scores 31.9 and ranks #133 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

Choose Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Particle-1
Particle AI
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
31.9
#133
13.8
#273
Reasoning
31.2
#135
11.2
#288
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.25 / M
— / M
Output price
$1.00 / M
— / M
Context window
1,048,576
—

Individual benchmarks

3 reported for Particle-1 · 15 for Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

No common benchmarks found

Particle-1 and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instructdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Particle-1 specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only Particle-1 specifies output context (131,072 tokens).

Particle AI
Particle-1
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Fri Oct 30 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Particle-1 and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Particle-1

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Particle-1 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct uses tongyi-qianwen.

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

Particle-1

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

tongyi-qianwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Particle-1 was released on 2026-10-28, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct was released on 2024-08-29.

Particle-1 is 26 months newer than Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct.

Particle-1

Oct 28, 2026

-3 days ago

2.2yr newer
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Aug 29, 2024

2.2 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-06-30, while Particle-1'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 Particle-1's cutoff date.

Particle-1

—

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Jun 2023

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Particle-1 and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Particle-1
✓ Preferred
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Particle-1 vs Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct.

Which is better, Particle-1 or Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

Particle-1 leads the LLM Stats Score 31.9 to 13.8. Particle-1 is made by Particle AI and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Particle-1 compare to Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct in benchmarks?

Particle-1 scores GPQA: 90.4%, BabyVision: 89.2%, MMLU: 86.1%. Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct scores DocVQAtest: 96.5%, VCR_en_easy: 91.9%, ChartQA: 88.3%, OCRBench: 87.7%, MMBench: 86.5%.

What are the context window sizes for Particle-1 and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

Particle-1 supports 1.0M tokens and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Particle-1 and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (31.9 vs 13.8), licensing (Proprietary vs tongyi-qianwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Particle-1 and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

Particle-1 is developed by Particle AI and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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