Using Qwen2.5-72B-Instruct on OpenRouter

Implementation guide · Qwen2.5 · Alibaba

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OpenRouter exposes Qwen2.5-72B-Instruct through model ID qwen/qwen-2.5-72b-instruct. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.

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Quick Start

  1. 1
    Create an account at OpenRouter and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the OpenRouter SDK or REST API to call qwen/qwen-2.5-72b-instruct — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed $0.36/1M input, $0.40/1M output tokens. See full pricing.

Code Examples

See OpenRouter documentation for integration details.

Pricing on OpenRouter

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$0.36
Output tokens$0.40

Capabilities

Structured Outputs

About Qwen2.5-72B-Instruct

Instruction-optimized flagship variant for demanding production applications requiring high-accuracy complex problem-solving across industries.

Model Specs

Released2024-06-07
Parameters72.7B
Context128k
ArchitectureDecoder Only

Provider

OpenRouter

OpenRouter, Inc.

New York, NY, USA