Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct vs Qwen3 30B A3B
Qwen3 30B A3B leads the LLM Stats Score 17.3 to 12.7.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Qwen3 30B A3B leads the overall LLM Stats Score 17.3 to 12.7, ranking #216 overall.
Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
- you are already invested in the Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team ecosystem
Choose Qwen3 30B A3B
- overall performance matters — it scores 17.3 and ranks #216 on LLM Stats
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Apr 2025
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Capability indexes
Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks
Individual benchmarks
30 reported for Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct · 8 for Qwen3 30B A3B
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct and Qwen3 30B A3Bdon'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
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct has 41.5B more parameters than Qwen3 30B A3B, making it 136.1% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Qwen3 30B A3B specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Qwen3 30B A3B specifies output context (128,000 tokens).
Input capabilities
Documented input modalities across available providers
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3 30B A3B 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
Qwen3 30B A3B
License
Usage and distribution terms
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct is licensed under tongyi-qianwen, while Qwen3 30B A3B uses Apache 2.0.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
tongyi-qianwen
Open weights
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 30B A3B was released on 2025-04-29.
Qwen3 30B A3B is 3 months newer than Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct.
Jan 26, 2025
1.6 years ago
Apr 29, 2025
1.4 years ago
3mo 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 VL 72B Instruct and Qwen3 30B A3B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct vs Qwen3 30B A3B.