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Qwen2 72B Instruct

Arena #318Official publisher releaseRestricted license

Qwen·#419 of 504 in the all-versions archive

Qwen2 72B Instruct is a language model from Qwen. It ranks #419 of 504 in ModelCap's all-versions archive, with an Index score of 19.2, measured on 2 public benchmarks. Its score range of 14.2–24.2 spans positions #389–#435. Its weights are downloadable under a use-restricted licence.

Figures as of 6 Nov 2026, 20:49 UTC · download the public dataset · methodology

ModelCap Index · All-versions archive
19.2#419
Measured on 2 public benchmarks · range 14.2–24.2
Evidence as of 28 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
Market Gravity
7.7
Secondary market signal

Superseded by Qwen2.5 72B Instruct. It no longer holds a current-board position; its all-versions archive rank is #419.

OpenRouter endpoint status could not be refreshed. This model is not treated as currently served until a successful observation arrives.

Input
Unlisted
no listed API price
Output
Unlisted
no listed API price
Context
—
tokens
Providers
0
endpoints

Providers

Uptime measured over the last 30 minutes

Current provider status is unavailable.

Reported evaluation leads (1)

Not independent measurement

Structured rows reported in this exact model repository at the pinned revision below. They are the publisher talking about itself: never measured evidence, never a score input on their own. They remain quarantined until dataset revision, harness, configuration and identity pass ModelCap’s independent admission review.

Dataset / taskMetricValueRevisionProvenance
TIGER-Lab/MMLU-Pro
mmlu_pro
—64.38
Unpinned
not published
Reported
Quarantined

Other versions (1)

ModelCap Index · All-versions archive

Methodology
19.2
Measured on 2 public benchmarks
All-versions archive
#419 of 504
Score range
14.2–24.2
Rank range
#389–#435
Evidence as of
28 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
Benchmarks used
Arena Coding, Arena Overall
Technical details
Public rank basis
Measured (measured)
Evidence label
Measured · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards
Index support
63.0% · strong
Identity binding
Exact catalogue product · qwen/Qwen/Qwen2-72B-Instruct · aggregates disclosed benchmark configurations · endpoint configuration not claimed · artifact metadata Qwen/Qwen2-72B-Instruct@c867f763ef53f2ea9d9b31ee8501273dedd391eb (not the evaluation revision)
Index observations used
2
Qualified Index evidence point
19.2
Bayesian Evidence Score · measured evidence input only

BES normalizes admitted public benchmark evidence for measured Index rows. Its legacy score and observables prior do not define the public language rank.

Observed capability
19.2
Evidence status
confirmed · 77% mass
General preference
19.0
Coding
20.8
Agents & tools
—
Reasoning
—
Evidence breadth
92%
Evidence coverage
63%
Market and catalogue signals · secondary, never the language Index rank
Usage (OpenRouter popularity)
—
Liquidity (providers × uptime)
—
Open reach (HF downloads)
—
Surface (context / tools / modalities)
0.0
Freshness
3.3
  • · Catalogue surface
  • · First seen 2024-05-28

These adoption and deployment observations remain context only. They do not change this model's ModelCap Index score or rank.

BES evidence selected · measured input only

The bounded 0–100 capability score blends each source’s competitive placement with its published achievement, then combines capability families. Evidence breadth adds a modest uncertainty adjustment; price and popularity are not part of benchmark-led rank.

Deployment readiness

Metadata index
61.5
partial · 74% metadata coverage
Not capability
Artifact reproducibility
100.0
Access & legal clarity
92.5
Deployability
8.0
Evaluation provenance
52.9

Not yet published: a current serving provider, measured provider uptime, published provider pricing, declared context and output limits, pinned evaluation dataset versions.

A metadata completeness and deployability index—not a safety certification, quality grade, or production-readiness claim.

Market activity

Venue coverage
Market Gravity
7.7
OpenRouter weekly popularity
Not listed

Market Gravity uses OpenRouter’s full-catalogue popularity order. Sparse Vercel top-ten observations appear only when published and do not affect the score.

Arena preference

Status
Ranked
Source
LMArena
Official rank
#318 of 419
Rating
1261.9
95% confidence interval
1257–1267
Votes
37K
Source published at
28 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
Category
overall
Identity match confidence
100%

Market Gravity breakdown

Usage55%
0.0

OpenRouter weekly popularity across the full model catalogue.

Liquidity25%
0.0

Independent providers versus the model's open or closed cohort, weighted by uptime.

Open reach15%
50.0

Hugging Face 30-day downloads for open models; neutral for closed models.

Freshness5%
3.3

Time since first public availability, on a six-month half-life.

Specification

Model ID
Qwen/Qwen2-72B-Instruct
Declared output cap
Unknown

OpenRouter catalogue or provider-endpoint declaration. Limits can vary by provider and prompt length; a model-wide maximum has not been independently verified. OpenRouter metadata

Inputs
Text
Outputs
Text
Cached input tokens
Not offered
First seen on OpenRouter
28 May 2024

Capabilities

  • Not supported: Reasoning
  • Not supported: Tool use
  • Not supported: Structured output
  • Not supported: Response format
  • Not supported: Moderated

Weights & access

Restricted license. Downloadable weights use a model-specific or use-restricted license. Review the linked license before use, redistribution, or commercial deployment.

Access
Restricted license
Pinned revision
c867f763ef53
Parameters
72.7B
Architecture
Qwen2ForCausalLM
Model type
qwen2
Hugging Face downloads (30d)
24K
Downloads (all time)
1.5M
Likes
724
Repository updated
8 Oct 2024, 05:16 UTC
Base lineage
Qwen/Qwen2-72B

Benchmark leaderboards featuring Qwen2 72B Instruct

All leaderboards
Public benchmark boards on which Qwen2 72B Instruct has a published result
LeaderboardScoreSource rankConfigurationPublished
Arena text leaderboardArena (LMArena)12621257–1267#318 of 419Not reported28 Oct 2026
Arena coding leaderboardArena (LMArena)12971288–1306#315 of 414Default28 Oct 2026

Qwen2 72B Instruct: common questions

How does Qwen2 72B Instruct rank among AI models?

Qwen2 72B Instruct is a superseded version and is not on the current board as of 6 November 2026. Its archive position, where one exists, is shown on the page; the newer version carries the current rank.

How much does Qwen2 72B Instruct cost per 1M tokens?

No live API price is listed for Qwen2 72B Instruct in the current snapshot as of 6 November 2026 because the latest endpoint refresh was unavailable. ModelCap shows a price only when a provider currently lists one.

Is Qwen2 72B Instruct open-weight?

Restricted license (tongyi-qianwen). Downloadable weights use a model-specific or use-restricted license. Review the linked license before use, redistribution, or commercial deployment. The repository is Qwen/Qwen2-72B-Instruct on Hugging Face.

Which benchmarks has Qwen2 72B Instruct been evaluated on?

Qwen2 72B Instruct has published results on 2 public boards tracked by ModelCap as of 6 November 2026: Arena text 1262 (#318 of 419) and Arena coding 1297 (#315 of 414). Each board page ranks every tracked model on that benchmark. The ModelCap Index scores the results its methodology admits, with published uncertainty, and shows reference boards without scoring them.

When was Qwen2 72B Instruct released?

Qwen2 72B Instruct first appeared in the catalogue on 28 May 2024. It has since been superseded by Qwen2.5 72B Instruct. Rank and price movements since then are recorded on the site's changes feed.