DeepSeek-V3 is the latest model from the DeepSeek team, building upon the instruction following and coding abilities of the previous versions. Pre-trained on nearly 15 trillion tokens, the reported evaluations reveal that the model outperfo…
Model details →DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Qwen2.5 72B is the latest series of Qwen large language models. Qwen2.5 brings the following improvements upon Qwen2: - Significantly more knowledge and has greatly improved capabilities in coding and mathematics, thanks to our specialized…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 164K | 33K | 🏆 DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.32 | $0.12 | 🏆 Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.89 | $0.39 | 🏆 Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | — | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | — | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) better than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?
Input: $0.32 vs $0.12 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.89 vs $0.39 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct support?
DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) supports up to 164K tokens. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct supports up to 33K tokens.
Do both DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct support tool calling?
DeepSeek Chat (legacy id): yes. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: yes.