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Start with Qwen2.5 72B Instruct and Qwen3.8 27B, or choose any two current ranked language models. Compare capability evidence, price, context, provider availability, and weight access without pretending one field decides every use case.

Current public data

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct vs Qwen3.8 27B

Live dataset updated 8/17/2026, 11:13:20 PM UTC

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Factual comparison of Qwen2.5 72B Instruct and Qwen3.8 27B
Field
ModelCap position#182#16
Index score18.269.6
EvidenceMeasured3 public benchmark observations across 3 boardsMeasured1 public benchmark observation across 1 board
Input / 1M$0.36$0.45
Output / 1M$0.40$3.20
Pricing statusfreshfresh
Context33K262K
Providers23
Weight accessRestricted licenseOpen weights

Decision facts

  • Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is #182; Qwen3.8 27B is #16 on the same current language board.
  • Index scores are 18.2 for Qwen2.5 72B Instruct and 69.6 for Qwen3.8 27B.
  • Both positions use Measured evidence.
  • Listed output price per 1M tokens is $0.40 for Qwen2.5 72B Instruct and $3.20 for Qwen3.8 27B.
  • Published context is 32,768 tokens for Qwen2.5 72B Instruct and 262,144 for Qwen3.8 27B.
  • Weight access differs: Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is restricted; Qwen3.8 27B is open.
  • ModelCap currently lists 2 providers for Qwen2.5 72B Instruct and 3 for Qwen3.8 27B.

These are separate published fields, not a synthetic winner. ModelCap does not collapse price, access, context, and capability evidence into a hidden recommendation score.

Each comparison page is a permanent, shareable URL with the same live figures as this tool: ModelCap Index position, API pricing, context window, provider count, weight access and every shared benchmark board.