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  3. Qwen 2.5 Plus vs Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026noindex (thin pair)

Qwen 2.5 Plus vs Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct benchmark

In this head-to-head showdown, Qwen 2.5 Plus is more budget-friendly at $1/1M per 1M output tokens. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

Executive Comparison Verdict

Bottom Line: Both Qwen 2.5 Plus and Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct present distinct architectural strengths. Compare the verified benchmark matrix below to choose the model tailored to your specific application requirements.
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Executive Verdict Summary

Qwen 2.5 Plus holds empirical advantage (1 of 1 metrics)

Coding / SWESWE-bench
Qwen 2.5 PlusTop code solve rate
ReasoningGPQA / Live
Qwen 2.5 PlusTop logical accuracy
Best Value$/1M Tok
Qwen 2.5 PlusLowest API billing cost
Speed / TokTok/Sec
Qwen 2.5 PlusFastest stream rate

Verified Advantage Breakdown

1 benchmarks evaluated across capability, speed, and cost

Qwen 2.5 Plus (1)Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct (0)
Qwen 2.5 Plus
1 of 1 Wins
✓Input price
Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
0 of 1 Wins
Competitive baseline across remaining benchmarks
Alibaba
Leads 1 of 1
Qwen 2.5 Plus

Alibaba balanced flagship API model with high-throughput general reasoning.

Elo 1,445In: $0.25 · Out: $1/1M
Alibaba
Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (qwen/qwen2.5-vl-72b-instruct). Preview until a second source matches.

In: $0.8 · Out: $1/1M
Top Rival Showdowns for Qwen 2.5 Plus
All Matchups
Compare vs:vs Claude Opus 4.5vs GPT-5vs Gemini 3 Provs Grok 4.6vs DeepSeek V4 Pro
Preference Leader

No shared data

Single model data

Throughput Leader

No shared data

No latency data

Value per Dollar LeaderQwen 2.5 Plus Wins

Qwen 2.5 Plus

$1 / 1M output

Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top standard models across 6 key capability dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

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0–100 %ile

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

Qwen 2.5 Plus (8)vsQwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct (0)
Qwen 2.5 Plus: 8W (100%)Overall: Qwen 2.5 PlusQwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct: 0W (0%)
← Qwen 2.5 Plus2 tiesQwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct →
🏆Qwen 2.5 Plus Leads(5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Benchmark
Qwen 2.5 PlusvsQwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
Preference Elo
1,445vs—
Coding Elo
1,460vs—
SWE-bench
59.2%vs—
LiveBench
63.5%vs—
GPQA Diamond
75.8%vs—
Qwen 2.5 Plus: 5WQwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct: 0W
🏆Qwen 2.5 Plus Leads(2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Benchmark
Qwen 2.5 PlusvsQwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
Output speed
110 tok/svs—
Time to first token
180 msvs—
Qwen 2.5 Plus: 2WQwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct: 0W
🏆Qwen 2.5 Plus Leads(1/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Benchmark
Qwen 2.5 PlusvsQwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
Output price
$1/1Mvs$1/1M
Input price
$0.25/1Mvs$0.8/1M+$0.55/1M
Context window
128kvs128k
Qwen 2.5 Plus: 1WQwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct: 0W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Qwen 2.5 PlusQwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
Preference Elo
Qwen 2.5 Plus1,445
Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct—
Coding Elo
Qwen 2.5 Plus1,460
Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct—
LiveBench
Qwen 2.5 Plus63.5%
Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct—
SWE-bench
Qwen 2.5 Plus59.2%
Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct—
GPQA Diamond
Qwen 2.5 Plus75.8%
Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct—
Time to first token
Qwen 2.5 Plus180 ms
Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct—
Output speed
Qwen 2.5 Plus110 tok/s
Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct—
Input priceQwen 2.5 Plus +$0.55/1M
Qwen 2.5 Plus$0.25/1M
Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct$0.8/1M
Output price
Qwen 2.5 Plus$1/1M
Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct$1/1M
Context window
Qwen 2.5 Plus128k
Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct128k
BenchmarkQwen 2.5 PlusQwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B InstructAdvantage Delta
Preference Elo
1,445
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
——
Coding Elo
1,460
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
——
LiveBench
63.5%
livebench · Aug 17, 2026
——
SWE-bench
59.2%
swebench · Aug 17, 2026
——
GPQA Diamond
75.8%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Time to first token
180 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Output speed
110 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Input price
$0.25/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
$0.8/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
+$0.55/1M
Output price
$1/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
$1/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
—
Context window
128k
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
128k
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
—

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save 45% with Qwen 2.5 Plus
Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo
Quick Presets:
Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out
RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)
Qwen 2.5 Plus$23.75 / mo
In: $8.75Out: $15
Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct$43.00 / mo
In: $28Out: $15
Estimated Cost Delta

Qwen 2.5 Plus is estimated to save $19.25/month ($231/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

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    Qwen 2.5 Plus:Pick Qwen 2.5 Plus when you are optimizing output cost.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatQwen 2.5 Plus

Lower output list price ($1/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGQwen 2.5 Plus

Larger window (128k).

Screenshots / visionQwen 2.5 Plus

Qwen 2.5 Plus is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target WorkloadRecommended PickEvaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agentsinsufficient dataNeed SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chatQwen 2.5 PlusLower output list price ($1/1M).
Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient dataNeed TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAGQwen 2.5 PlusLarger window (128k).
Screenshots / visionQwen 2.5 PlusQwen 2.5 Plus is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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Alibaba

Qwen 2.5 Plus

Elo 1,445
SWE-bench59.2%
Speed (tok/s)110 tok/s
Input / 1M Tokens$0.25/1M
Output / 1M Tokens$1/1M
Alibaba

Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

Elo n/a
SWE-bench—
Speed (tok/s)128k
Input / 1M Tokens$0.8/1M
Output / 1M Tokens$1/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Qwen 2.5 Plus or Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct?
We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, Qwen 2.5 Plus or Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct?
SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?
Qwen 2.5 Plus output tokens are $1/1M versus $1/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Qwen 2.5 Plus or Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct?
We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?
Qwen 2.5 Plus accepts 128k tokens versus 128k.
Can I self-host either model?
Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?
No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?
Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Qwen 2.5 Plus and Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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