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Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct vs Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507Which is better in 2026?

Comparing Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct and Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Verdict: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct vs Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 — which is better?

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct (by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team) and Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 (by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team) are two of the AI models people compare most. Here is how they stack up on benchmarks, price and capabilities, and which one to pick in 2026.

Choose Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct if…

  • you are already invested in the Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team ecosystem

Choose Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 if…

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Jul 2025

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct and Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

163.0B diff

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 has 163.0B more parameters than Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct, making it 226.4% larger.

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
72.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507
235.0Bparameters
72.0B
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
235.0B
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 specifies input context (262,144 tokens). Only Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 specifies output context (131,072 tokens).

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507
Input262,144 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
Fri Aug 07 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 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 VL 72B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct is licensed under tongyi-qianwen, while Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 uses Apache 2.0.

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

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

tongyi-qianwen

Open weights

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct was released on 2025-01-26, while Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 was released on 2025-07-22.

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 is 6 months newer than Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct.

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

Jan 26, 2025

1.5 years ago

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507

Jul 22, 2025

1.0 years ago

5mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Supports multimodal inputs
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Larger context window (262,144 tokens)

Detailed Comparison

Interactive Arena

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct and Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

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FAQ

Common questions about Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct vs Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507.

Which is better, Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct or Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507?

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct (Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team) and Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 (Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.

How does Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct compare to Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 in benchmarks?

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct scores DocVQA: 96.4%, Android Control Low_EM: 93.7%, ChartQA: 89.5%, OCRBench: 88.5%, AI2D: 88.4%. Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 scores ZebraLogic: 95.0%, MMLU-Redux: 93.1%, IFEval: 88.7%, MultiPL-E: 87.9%, Creative Writing v3: 87.5%.

What are the context window sizes for Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct and Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507?

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens and Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 supports 262K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct and Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507?

Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (tongyi-qianwen vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

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