Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Qwen Qwen2.5 72B Instruct — pricing, 33k context window, API cost calculator and alternatives.
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Specs
- Provider
- Qwen
- Slug
- qwen/qwen-2-5-72b-instruct
- Capabilities
- tools, json_mode
Pricing freshness
- Tier
- standard
- Currency
- USD
- As of
- 2026-05-08 17:08 UTC
Pricing history
Tracking Qwen2.5 72B Instruct pricing since 2026-05-08. We'll plot the chart here once it changes.
Quickstart — call Qwen2.5 72B Instruct from your app
curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
-d '{
"model": "qwen/qwen-2-5-72b-instruct",
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
}'Official docs: https://openrouter.ai/docs
# pip install openai
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
api_key=os.environ["OPENROUTER_API_KEY"],
)
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="qwen/qwen-2-5-72b-instruct",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)Official docs: https://openrouter.ai/docs
// npm install openai
import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({
baseURL: "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
apiKey: process.env.OPENROUTER_API_KEY,
});
const resp = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "qwen/qwen-2-5-72b-instruct",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(resp.choices[0].message.content);Official docs: https://openrouter.ai/docs
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Frequently asked questions
What is Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is a large language model API from Qwen with a 33k-token context window. It costs $0.36 per 1M input tokens and $0.4 per 1M output tokens.
How much does Qwen2.5 72B Instruct cost?
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is priced at $0.36 per 1M input tokens and $0.4 per 1M output tokens via the Qwen API. A 50/50 input/output workload of 1M total tokens costs about $0.38.
What is the context window of Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct supports up to 33k tokens of context per request — roughly 66 pages of English text or 4096 lines of code at a typical density.
Does Qwen2.5 72B Instruct support vision, tool use, or JSON mode?
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct supports tool/function calling and structured JSON mode. It does not support image input (vision).
Who makes Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is built and operated by Qwen. Pricing, context window, and capabilities on this page are refreshed nightly from Qwen's public catalog.
Can I self-host Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct has open weights — you can run it on your own GPUs. License: Qwen License. Compare self-hosting cost vs. the API at /self-hosted/qwen-2-5-72b-instruct.