Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct pricing
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct from Alibaba (Qwen) costs $0.250 per 1M input tokens and $0.750 per 1M output tokens. Context window 128,000 tokens.
API id qwen2.5-vl-72b-instruct · Alibaba (Qwen) · source · updated 2026-08-11
$0.250
Input / 1M tokens
$0.750
Output / 1M tokens
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Cached input / 1M
128K
Context window
What Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct costs in practice
| Workload | Input tokens | Output tokens | Estimated cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short chat turn | 1,000 | 500 | $0.0006 |
| Document summary | 50,000 | 2,000 | $0.01 |
| 1M tokens in, 200K out | 1,000,000 | 200,000 | $0.40 |
Estimates use the standard tier and ignore caching discounts, so real bills with repeated prompt prefixes are typically lower.
Common questions
- How much does Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct cost per 1M tokens?
- Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct costs $0.250 per 1M input tokens and $0.750 per 1M output tokens on the standard tier.
- What is Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct's context window?
- Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct accepts up to 128,000 tokens in a single request.
- Is there a cheaper Qwen model than Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct?
- Yes. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is $0.100 per 1M input tokens versus $0.250 for Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct, with a 32,768 token context window.
- Where does this Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct price come from?
- From the OpenRouter catalogue, because Alibaba (Qwen) does not publish machine-readable pricing. OpenRouter is a reseller, so its rate can differ from Alibaba (Qwen)'s own — verify before committing spend.
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