Is Qwen2.5 72B Instruct or Qwen3.5 397B A17B cheaper?

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.23 vs $3.60 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct or Qwen3.5 397B A17B?

Qwen3.5 397B A17B has the larger context window (250K tokens).

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen3.5 397B A17B offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen2.5 72B Instruct or Qwen3.5 397B A17B based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen2.5 72B Instruct	Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Provider	Cortecs	Cortecs
Input / 1M tokens	$0.06	$0.60
Output / 1M tokens	$0.23	$3.60
Context window	33K	250K
Parameters	—	397B
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Sep 2024	Feb 2026

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