Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct alternatives
Ranked by capability overlap, similar context window, and similar price tier. Cross-vendor options are weighted higher than same-provider alternatives.
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Top 15 alternatives
| # | Model | Provider | Why | Context | Input price / 1M | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) | shares structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.50 Budget | vs → | |
| 2 | Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) | shares structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $2.00 Standard | vs → | |
| 3 | Mistral: Pixtral Large 2411 | Mistral AI | shares structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $2.00 Standard | vs → |
| 4 | OpenAI: GPT-4o | OpenAI | shares structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $2.50 Standard | vs → |
| 5 | OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06) | OpenAI | shares structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $2.50 Standard | vs → |
| 6 | OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-11-20) | OpenAI | shares structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $2.50 Standard | vs → |
| 7 | OpenAI: GPT-4o (batch) | OpenAI | shares structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $1.25 Standard | vs → |
| 8 | OpenAI: GPT-5 Chat | OpenAI | shares structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $1.25 Standard | vs → |
| 9 | OpenAI: GPT-5.1 Chat | OpenAI | shares structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $1.25 Standard | vs → |
| 10 | OpenAI: GPT-5.2 Chat | OpenAI | shares structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $1.75 Standard | vs → |
| 11 | OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat | OpenAI | shares structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 128K Long context (128K+) | $1.75 Standard | vs → |
| 12 | Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 | Anthropic | shares structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 200K Long context (128K+) | $1.00 Standard | vs → |
| 13 | Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 (batch) | Anthropic | shares structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 200K Long context (128K+) | $0.50 Budget | vs → |
| 14 | Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 (batch) | Anthropic | shares structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 200K Long context (128K+) | $2.50 Standard | vs → |
| 15 | Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (batch) | Anthropic | shares structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 1M Ultra context (1M+) | $2.50 Standard | vs → |