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Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-72B-Instruct vs Grok 4.5

Compare Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-72B-Instruct from Qwen and Grok 4.5 from Grok on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

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Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-72B-Instruct
Qwen · text, image, video → text

Qwen2.5-VL is a visual language model from the Qwen2.5 series, equipped with strong visual understanding and reasoning capabilities. It can recognize objects, analyze text and charts, understand key events in long videos, and accurately locate targets within images. The model supports structured output, making it suitable for data such as invoices and forms, and performs excellently in multiple benchmark tests.

Input$0.50 /M
Output$0.50 /M
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Grok 4.5
Grok · text, image → text

Grok 4.5 was trained on datasets spanning knowledge in coding, science, engineering, and math. With both intelligent and efficient reasoning, Grok 4.5 excels at real engineering tasks and exceeds comparable leading models at these tasks.

Input$2.00 /M
Output$6.00 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-72B-Instruct
Grok 4.5
Input /M
$0.50
$2.00
Output /M
$0.50
$6.00
Cache read /M
$0.00
$0.50
Context length
NaN
500,000
Max output
0
500,000
Time to First Token
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1.6 s
Throughput
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25.4 tok/s
Modalities
textimagevideo
textimage
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
API Formats
Released
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July 2026

Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-72B-Instructgrok-4.5

Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

Vision
Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-72B-Instructgrok-4.5
1100118012601340
Overall
11211282
OCR
12951295
Diagram
13211321
Homework
13281328

Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.

Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-72B-Instruct
$37.50 /mo
Grok 4.5
$210 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-72B-Instruct, Grok 4.5?

Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-72B-Instruct: $0.50/M output tokens; Grok 4.5: $6.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-72B-Instruct accepts text, image and video input; Grok 4.5 accepts text and image input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context.

Can I call Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-72B-Instruct and Grok 4.5 with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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