Is Qwen/Qwen2.5-72B-Instruct or deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 cheaper?

Qwen/Qwen2.5-72B-Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.59 vs $1.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen/Qwen2.5-72B-Instruct or deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3?

deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 has the larger context window (164K tokens).

Qwen/Qwen2.5-72B-Instruct vs deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3

Qwen/Qwen2.5-72B-Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen/Qwen2.5-72B-Instruct or deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen/Qwen2.5-72B-Instruct	deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3
Provider	SiliconFlow (China)	SiliconFlow (China)
Input / 1M tokens	$0.59	$0.25
Output / 1M tokens	$0.59	$1.00
Context window	33K	164K
Parameters	—	671B
Open weights	No	No
Released	Sep 2024	Dec 2024

Qwen/Qwen2.5-72B-Instruct details →deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3 details →

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