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Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct vs Qwen3 Coder Flash

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct and Qwen3 Coder Flash cost about the same per output token ($1.00 vs $0.975 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; no benchmark has tested both models yet.

Replace Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct Replace Qwen3 Coder Flash
Qwen2.5 VL 72B InstructQwen
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$1.00
Qwen3 Coder FlashQwen
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$0.975
vs $1.00 vs $0.975 per 1M output tokens. About the same price.

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct or Qwen3 Coder Flash: which to pick

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Compare them on price, context and the boards below.

Model AQwen2.5 VL 72B InstructQwenNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BQwen3 Coder FlashQwenNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task

No benchmark has tested both yet. Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct has results on OSWorld, GeoBench and LMArena Vision; Qwen3 Coder Flash has none yet. Compare them on price and context instead.

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.

At a glance

Coding index
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct not benchmarked, Qwen3 Coder Flash not benchmarked.
Widest category
None yet: no category has been tested on both models.
Widest single gap
None yet: no benchmark has tested both models.
Output price
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct $1.00 against Qwen3 Coder Flash $0.975 per million output tokens, 1.0x apart.
Context window
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct takes 128K tokens, Qwen3 Coder Flash 1M.

Benchmark by benchmark

Every board either model has a result on, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale. Only one model is measured on each, so no row names a leader.

Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board measured
Agentic work benchmarks for Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct and Qwen3 Coder Flash
BenchmarkQwen2.5 VL 72B InstructQwen3 Coder FlashLeader
OSWorld5.0%Not measuredOnly Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct measured
Neither model has a result on the other 38 boards here
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board measured
Knowledge benchmarks for Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct and Qwen3 Coder Flash
BenchmarkQwen2.5 VL 72B InstructQwen3 Coder FlashLeader
GeoBench62.0%Not measuredOnly Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct measured
Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index3 boards measured
General benchmarks for Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct and Qwen3 Coder Flash
BenchmarkQwen2.5 VL 72B InstructQwen3 Coder FlashLeader
LMArena Vision1107Not measuredOnly Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct measured
LMArena Vision: English1115Not measuredOnly Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct measured
LMArena Vision: Chinese1107Not measuredOnly Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct measured
Neither model has a result on the other 43 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 VL 72B Instruct$0.0013Fits in one request
Qwen3 Coder Flash$0.0007Fits in one request

Qwen3 Coder Flash costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct$0.043Fits in one request
Qwen3 Coder Flash$0.013Fits in one request

Qwen3 Coder Flash costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct$0.170Exceeds the context window
Qwen3 Coder Flash$0.049Fits in one request

Qwen3 Coder Flash 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.

Specifications of Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct and Qwen3 Coder Flash
SpecificationQwen2.5 VL 72B InstructQwen3 Coder Flash
MakerQwenQwen
WeightsOpen weightsNo public weights listed
ReleasedFebruary 1, 2025September 17, 2025
Context window128K1M
Input $/Mtok$0.80$0.195
Output $/Mtok$1.00$0.975
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it00
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct better than Qwen3 Coder Flash for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Compare them on price, context and the boards below.

Which is cheaper, Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct or Qwen3 Coder Flash?

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct costs $0.80 per million input tokens and $1.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Coder Flash costs $0.195 and $0.975. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct or Qwen3 Coder Flash?

Qwen3 Coder Flash, with 1M tokens against 128K.

Has any benchmark tested both Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct and Qwen3 Coder Flash?

No benchmark has tested both yet. Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct has results on OSWorld, GeoBench and LMArena Vision; Qwen3 Coder Flash has none yet. Compare them on price and context instead. Data as of October 21, 2026.

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