Question 1

What is Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct?

Accepted Answer

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct is a model from Qwen, released on Jan 26, 2025. Qwen2.5-VL is proficient in recognizing common objects such as flowers, birds, fish, and insects. It is also highly capable of analyzing texts, charts, icons, graphics, and layouts within images.

Question 2

How much does Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct cost?

Accepted Answer

On the Respan gateway, input starts at $0.80 per 1M tokens on OpenRouter, and output starts at $1.00 per 1M tokens on OpenRouter and Parasail, after gateway discounts. Averaged across 4 providers, it costs $1.09 per 1M input tokens and $2.75 per 1M output tokens.

Question 3

Which providers serve Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct on Respan?

Accepted Answer

4 providers serve Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct: OpenRouter, Parasail, and TogetherAI. TogetherAI requires your own provider API key (BYOK).

Question 4

What is Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct's context window?

Accepted Answer

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct accepts up to 131K tokens of context on its largest provider route.

Question 5

How do I use Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct with the Respan gateway?

Accepted Answer

Point any OpenAI-compatible SDK at https://api.respan.ai/api/ with your Respan API key and set the model to "qwen2.5-vl-72b-instruct". To set it up with a coding agent, copy the agent setup prompt at the top of this page.

Question 6

How fast is Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct?

Accepted Answer

Over the last 30 days of requests through the Respan gateway, the fastest provider was Parasail at 25 tokens per second, and the lowest response latency was 0.4 seconds on Parasail. Speed varies with request size and provider.

Provider	Context	Input	Output	Capabilities
OpenRouter`openrouter/qwen/qwen2.5-vl-72b-instruct`	128K	$0.80/M	$1.00/M
Parasail`parasail/parasail-qwen25-vl-72b-instruct`	131K	$0.80/M	$1.00/M
Parasail`parasail/Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-72B-Instruct`	131K	$0.80/M	$1.00/M
TogetherAIBYOK only`together_ai/Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-72B-Instruct`	33K	$1.95/M	$8.00/M	—

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