Head to head
Qwen3 14BvsQwen2.5 72B Instruct
For tasks, about a month.
Verdict · measured basis
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct costs $0.0002 per solved task against
Qwen3 14B at $0.0012 — ▼ 7.5x cheaper.
Over 200 tasks that is $0.21 a month.
On output token price alone Qwen3 14B looks 1.7x cheaper. The ranking reverses once you divide by pass rate — the cheaper tokens do not win the task.
Verified pricing, pass rate and cost per solved task for Qwen3 14B and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct| Figure | Qwen3 14B | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
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| Input $/Mtok | $0.12 | $0.36 |
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| Output $/Mtok | $0.24 | $0.4 |
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| Cached input $/Mtok | $0.12 | $0.36 |
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| Pass rate | 78% | 53% |
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| Cost per solved task | $0.0012measured | $0.0002measured |
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| Cost per month | $0.24 | $0.03 |
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Cost per month against tasks per month · drag the marker
Solid measured · dashed modeled · dotted stale. The gap is the verdict.
Solvency Bench (solvency.dev) — first-party measurement · verified 2026-08-26 · prices from each provider's pricing page; measured rows ignore the tier · Methodology · All models at these settings