Qwen2.5 72B Instruct vs Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct are closely matched at 12.1 and 14.3 on the LLM Stats Score.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 12.1 and 14.3.
Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2024
Choose Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
- you are already invested in the Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team ecosystem
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Individual benchmarks
14 reported for Qwen2.5 72B Instruct · 15 for Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct 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
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct has 0.7B more parameters than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct, making it 1.0% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct specifies input context (131,072 tokens). Only Qwen2.5 72B Instruct specifies output context (8,192 tokens).
Input capabilities
Documented input modalities across available providers
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen2.5 72B Instruct does not.
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
License
Usage and distribution terms
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is licensed under Qwen, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct uses tongyi-qianwen.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Qwen
Open weights
tongyi-qianwen
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct was released on 2024-08-29.
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is 1 month newer than Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct.
Sep 19, 2024
2.0 years ago
3w newerAug 29, 2024
2.1 years ago
Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-06-30, while Qwen2.5 72B 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 Qwen2.5 72B Instruct's cutoff date.
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Jun 2023
Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Qwen2.5 72B Instruct and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Qwen2.5 72B Instruct vs Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct.