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Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct API Pricing
Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct costs $0.800 per 1M input tokens and $1.00 per 1M output tokens (cache reads: $0.400). Context window: 128K. Prices verified 2026-08-23 Β· source
Input / 1M tokens
$0.800
Output / 1M tokens
$1.00
Context window
128K
Max output
128K
What would Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct cost you per month?
| Workload | Requests/mo | Avg tokens (in/out) | Est. monthly cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light chatbot | 10,000 | 800 / 400 | $10.40 |
| Coding agent | 5,000 | 8,000 / 2,000 | $42.00 |
| RAG pipeline | 30,000 | 4,000 / 500 | $111.00 |
| Doc summarizer | 2,000 | 20,000 / 1,000 | $34.00 |
Estimates use list prices without prompt caching. Caching can cut input cost by up to 90% on repeated context.
About Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
Qwen2.5-VL is proficient in recognizing common objects such as flowers, birds, fish, and insects. It is also highly capable of analyzing texts, charts, icons, graphics, and layouts within images.
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