Model Comparison
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct vs Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct
Comparing Qwen2.5 72B Instruct and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B 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
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct has 407.3B more parameters than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct, making it 560.2% 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).
License
Usage and distribution terms
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is licensed under Qwen, while Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Qwen
Open weights
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19, while Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct was released on 2025-01-31.
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct is 4 months newer than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct.
Sep 19, 2024
1.6 years ago
Jan 31, 2025
1.2 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
Key Takeaways
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
View detailsAlibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct
View detailsAlibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Detailed Comparison
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FAQ
Common questions about Qwen2.5 72B Instruct vs Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct