Qwen2.5 14B Instruct vs Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
Comparing Qwen2.5 14B Instruct and Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct and Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct trade strengths across price, capabilities, and technical limits. The better choice depends on the workload.
Based on current benchmark, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
- you are already invested in the Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team ecosystem
Choose Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Jan 2025
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct and Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instructdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.
Arena Performance
Playground indexes and blind preference scores
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct has 57.3B more parameters than Qwen2.5 14B Instruct, making it 389.8% larger.
Input Capabilities
Supported data types and modalities
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen2.5 14B Instruct does not.
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
License
Usage and distribution terms
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct is licensed under Apache 2.0, 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.
Apache 2.0
Open weights
tongyi-qianwen
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19, while Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct was released on 2025-01-26.
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct is 4 months newer than Qwen2.5 14B Instruct.
Sep 19, 2024
1.9 years ago
Jan 26, 2025
1.6 years ago
4mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.
Unable to compare the recency of their training data.
Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Qwen2.5 14B Instruct and Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Qwen2.5 14B Instruct vs Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct.