AllocateQwen2.5 72B Instruct vs Qwen QwQ-32B
On provider list prices, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct costs $1.20 per million input tokens against $1.20 for Qwen QwQ-32B: effectively level. Output is $1.20 against $1.20. On Allocate both bill at list plus the 7% transaction fee.
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct Qwen QwQ-32BSpecifications and provider list prices from the Allocate catalog, checked 2026-07-08. Billed price is list plus the 7% transaction fee.
What the numbers say
Take 1,000,000 requests a month at 1,200 input and 350 output tokens each. That workload costs $1,860 a month on Qwen2.5 72B Instruct and $1,860 on Qwen QwQ-32B at list: a gap of $0.
Qwen QwQ-32B reads 128K tokens per request against 32K for Qwen2.5 72B Instruct, 4.0x the window. That decides which one can take whole documents without splitting them.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct or Qwen QwQ-32B?
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct, on this workload shape. At list prices it is $1.20/$1.20 per million tokens in and out against $1.20/$1.20 for Qwen QwQ-32B. Billed on Allocate: $1.28/$1.28 against $1.28/$1.28, list plus 7%.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen QwQ-32B: 131,072 tokens (128K) against 32,768 (32K) for Qwen2.5 72B Instruct.
Can I fine-tune Qwen2.5 72B Instruct or Qwen QwQ-32B?
Both publish open weights (Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: Qwen license; Qwen QwQ-32B: Qwen license), so both can be fine-tuned. On Allocate the trained weights stay inside your boundary and belong to you.
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Run the numbers on your workload
Or don’t choose. On Allocate a route name is the contract: point yours at one model today, swap to the other tomorrow, and compare them on your live traffic with per-token metering.