AlibabaOpen-weight·131K context·72B params·Apache 2.0

Qwen3 72B Instructalibaba/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.

Pricing across providers

No current verified API pricing is listed. See the official model documentation for availability and billing.

Capabilities

  • chat
  • reasoning
  • multilingual
  • long_context
  • tool_use

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

Benchmarks

  • MMLU5-shot · official · source
    85.9%
  • HumanEval0-shot pass@1 · official · source
    82.1%

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

How much does Qwen3 72B Instruct cost?+
No current verified API pricing is listed. This does not mean the model is free or that a hosted API is currently available. Check the official model documentation below.
How do I access Qwen3 72B Instruct from outside China?+
Availability, account verification and payment methods vary by provider and region. Check the official documentation and the selected provider's access requirements before integrating. A directory listing does not guarantee global API access.
Is Qwen3 72B Instruct open-source? Can I fine-tune it?+
Qwen3 72B Instruct has published weights. License: Apache 2.0. Review the linked repository and license for deployment, fine-tuning and commercial-use conditions.
What's the maximum context window for Qwen3 72B Instruct?+
The model supports up to 131,072 tokens of context (input + output). Some hosted versions may impose a smaller limit — check the "Context" column in the pricing matrix for each provider.