Is Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct or GPT-5 Mini cheaper?

Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.38 vs $2.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct or GPT-5 Mini?

GPT-5 Mini has the larger context window (400K tokens).

Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct vs GPT-5 Mini

Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while GPT-5 Mini offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct or GPT-5 Mini based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct	GPT-5 Mini
Provider	Abacus	Abacus
Input / 1M tokens	$0.11	$0.25
Output / 1M tokens	$0.38	$2.00
Context window	128K	400K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Sep 2024	Aug 2025

Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct details →GPT-5 Mini details →

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