Qwen2.5 7B Instruct vs Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct costs 17.5x less per output token than Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 ($0.20 vs $3.50 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 4 benchmarks have a result for both.
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct or Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Qwen2.5 7B Instruct for output tokens 17.5x cheaper ($0.20 vs $3.50 per million) and work measured by GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) or OTIS Mock AIME, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 4
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct only
- 3
- Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 only
- 42
- Like-for-like categories
- 3 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 has a AA Intelligence Index result, 12.7.
Directional only
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 has a AA Agentic Index result, 1.3.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1052.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507
Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 takes 128K tokens against 33K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct $0.0002, Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 $0.0022 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct not benchmarked, Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Math, 84.2 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- OTIS Mock AIME: Qwen2.5 7B Instruct 2.5% against Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 86.7%, 84.2 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct $0.20 against Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 $3.50 per million output tokens, 17.5x apart.
- Context window
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct takes 33K tokens, Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 128K.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Bars | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reasoning | 0 | 1 | ||
| Math | 0 | 1 | ||
| General | 0 | 2 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 4 |
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index4 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 22.1 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 41.0% | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1424 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1431 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 39 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | Not measured | 12.7 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 118.5 | Not measured | Only Qwen2.5 7B Instruct measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index3 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 1.3 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| BALROG | 7.8% | Not measured | Only Qwen2.5 7B Instruct measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | Not measured | -$11 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 39 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 35.5% | 80.1% | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 9.0% | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1416 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1463 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1432 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 2.5% | 86.7% | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1412 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1435 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SimpleQA Verified | Not measured | 40.4% | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| MMLU | 72.9% | Not measured | Only Qwen2.5 7B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1433 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1456 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1415 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1413 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1052 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 942 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 956 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 950 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 997 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1032 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 47.7% | 80.3% | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 |
| LMCA | 6.4% | 29.3% | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | Not measured | 75.0% | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | Not measured | 82.4% | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1415 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1386 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1384 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1429 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1397 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1481 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1408 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1386 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1375 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1389 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1401 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1390 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1406 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1400 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1388 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1370 | Only Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 28 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Qwen | Qwen |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | October 16, 2024 | July 25, 2025 |
| Context window | 33K | 128K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.10 | $0.45 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.20 | $3.50 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Qwen2.5 7B Instruct better than Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Qwen2.5 7B Instruct for output tokens 17.5x cheaper ($0.20 vs $3.50 per million) and work measured by GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) or OTIS Mock AIME, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct or Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507?
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct costs $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 costs $0.45 and $3.50. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct or Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507?
Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507, with 128K tokens against 33K.
How many benchmarks is the Qwen2.5 7B Instruct vs Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 comparison based on?
4 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.