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Qwen3 72B Instruct

Alibaba CloudOpen-weight

131K context · 72B params · Apache 2.0

alibaba/qwen3-72b-instruct

Alibaba's Qwen3 72B Instruct is the latest open-weight flagship in the Qwen family, with strong multilingual (especially Chinese) and reasoning capabilities. Apache 2.0 licensed; available on DashScope (official) and major open-weight aggregators.

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Cheapest blended: $0.9 / 1M tokens on Together.aiGet custom quote

Reachability & verification

Live reachability

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Target (Alibaba Cloud DashScope): https://api.together.xyz/v1

Overseas reference latency (est.)

Singapore 90 ms London 160 ms

Live reachability probe

Measured in real time from the ModelHub gateway egress to this model's API endpoint. Green means reachable right now. Overseas reference latencies are estimates; the live probe is the proof of current reachability.

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Pricing across providers

2

Prices are shown in each provider's billing currency — ¥ (CNY) for Chinese providers, $ (USD) for overseas gateways.

ProviderInput /1MOutput /1MBlendedCtxp50 latencyAPIVerified
Together.aiQwen/Qwen3-72B-Instruct$0.9$0.9$0.9131K220 ms OAI140d ago
Alibaba Cloud DashScopeqwen-72b-instruct¥0.75¥1.5¥0.9375131K420 ms OAI140d ago

Works with

CursorClineAiderContinueOpenCodeOpen WebUI

Any OpenAI-compatible client works — point the base URL at the provider endpoint.

Capabilities

chatreasoningmultilinguallong_contexttool_use

Languages: en, zh, ja, ko, ar, es, fr, de

Benchmarks

BenchmarkSettingVerificationScore
MMLU5-shotofficial85.9%
HumanEval0-shot pass@1official82.1%

Code samples

Python
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.together.xyz/v1",
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY",
)

resp = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="Qwen/Qwen3-72B-Instruct",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)
cURL
curl https://api.together.xyz/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "Qwen/Qwen3-72B-Instruct",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'
Node.js
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://api.together.xyz/v1",
  apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY",
});

const resp = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "Qwen/Qwen3-72B-Instruct",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(resp.choices[0].message.content);

Technical specs

Context

131K

Max output

8K

Parameters

72B

Release

2025-01-28

Training cutoff

2024-09-01

License

Apache 2.0

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Frequently asked questions

How much does Qwen3 72B Instruct cost?

The cheapest tracked blended price is $0.9 per 1M tokens on Together.ai. See the pricing matrix above for input/output splits per provider.

Can I use Qwen3 72B Instruct from outside China?

Availability depends on the hosting provider. Use our Path Planner on the Alibaba Cloud DashScope page to map a verified official-vs-brokered access path, including payment and KYC constraints.

Is Qwen3 72B Instruct open source?

Yes — Qwen3 72B Instruct is open-weight under the Apache 2.0 license. You can self-host it or use any listed inference provider.

Is Qwen3 72B Instruct OpenAI-compatible?

Yes — at least one tracked provider exposes an OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so Cursor, Cline, Aider and similar clients work with just a base-URL change.

What is the maximum context window?

Qwen3 72B Instruct supports up to 131K tokens of context with a maximum output of 8K tokens.

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