Model comparison
Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct vs Sonar
Sonar is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.5 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)
PerplexitySummary
- Sonar is cheaper at $1 / $1 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.
- Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct | Sonar | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Perplexity |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 38.5 |
| Released | 2024-09 | 2024-01-01 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 131K | 128K |
| Max output | 8K | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.80 | $1 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $8.40 | $1 |
| Results tracked | 6 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —, Sonar: 35.7 (#221)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | — | 35.1% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: 18.6 (#144), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| OSWorld | 5% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: 20.7 (#233), Sonar: 21.1 (#227)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 36% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 46.3% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 37.9% |
| LiveBench | — | 46.9% |
Math Not comparable
Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —, Sonar: 33.7 (#200)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | — | 41.6% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: 33.5 (#97), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1107 | — |
| Video-MME | 73.5% | — |
| GeoBench | 62% | — |
| SpatialViz-Bench | 33.3% | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —, Sonar: 71.4 (#150)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 76.2% |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —, Sonar: 52.6 (#167)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Language | — | 44.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct better than Sonar?
Sonar is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.5 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct or Sonar?
Sonar is cheaper. It lists at $1 per million input tokens and $1 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 Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct and Sonar share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct has 6 scored results on Noometry and Sonar has 7.