Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Grok Code Fast 1 offers 126.7K more tokens in context window than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is $0.95 cheaper per million tokens. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is available on 4 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
xAI
Grok Code Fast was developed as a specialized coding model optimized for speed, designed to provide rapid code completion, generation, and assistance. Built to serve developers requiring quick feedback and iterative coding support, it combines programming expertise with low-latency responses.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen 2.5 72B was developed as the flagship text model in the Qwen 2.5 series, designed to provide advanced language capabilities with 72 billion parameters. Built to compete with frontier models in reasoning, coding, and general language tasks, it represents Qwen's most capable instruction-following model in this generation.
11 months newer

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19

Grok Code Fast 1
xAI
2025-08-28
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Grok Code Fast 1

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics

Grok Code Fast 1
xAI

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Grok Code Fast 1

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Grok Code Fast 1

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
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