Model comparison
Pixtral Large vs Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct
Pixtral Large is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Pixtral Large scores higher in 1 category and Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- Pixtral Large is cheaper at $2 / $6 per million input/output tokens, against $2.80 / $8.40 for Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct.
- Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Pixtral Large | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 32.2 | 29.9 |
| Released | 2024-11-01 | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 131K |
| Max output | 128K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | $2.80 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $6 | $8.40 |
| Results tracked | 3 | 6 |
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Category by category
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Pixtral Large: —, Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: 18.6 (#144)
| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OSWorld | — | 5% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218), Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: 20.7 (#233)
| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 36% |
| EnigmaEval | 0.8% | — |
Multimodal Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct leads
Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111), Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: 33.5 (#97)
| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1089 | 1107 |
| Video-MME | — | 73.5% |
| GeoBench | — | 62% |
| SpatialViz-Bench | — | 33.3% |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278), Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 988 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Pixtral Large better than Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct?
Pixtral Large is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Pixtral Large or Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct?
Pixtral Large is cheaper. It lists at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct lists at $2.80 and $8.40.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct does, with 131K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Pixtral Large and Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Pixtral Large has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct has 6.