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Pixtral 12B vs Qwen2.5-7B

A complete head-to-head: pricing, context window, benchmarks, modality coverage, and openness, with a programmatic verdict synthesized from the underlying data.

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Pixtral 12B specs · Qwen2.5-7B specs
Verdict by category
  • PriceTie

    Neither model publishes per-token API pricing.

  • Context windowTie

    Both ship a 128K-token context window.

  • BenchmarksTie

    No directly comparable public benchmarks are available for both models, check the spec sheets for individual scores.

  • ModalitiesPixtral 12B

    Pixtral 12B supports 2 modalities (text, vision) vs 1 for Qwen2.5-7B.

  • OpennessTie

    Both ship open weights, self-host either one.

On balance Pixtral 12B edges ahead, winning 1 of 5 categories against Qwen2.5-7B's 0. Neither model publishes per-token API pricing. Both ship a 128K-token context window.

No directly comparable public benchmarks are available for both models, check the spec sheets for individual scores. They differ in modality coverage, Pixtral 12B handles text, vision while Qwen2.5-7B handles text, which can be the deciding factor before you even look at benchmarks. Both ship open weights, self-host either one.

Both shipped within roughly a month of each other in 2024, so they share the same generation of training data and tooling. Pixtral 12B is usually picked for vision and edge deployment workloads, while Qwen2.5-7B sees more deployments in local llm and on device. If pricing matters more than every last benchmark point, run the numbers in the calculator below before committing.

Side-by-side specs

SpecPixtral 12BQwen2.5-7B
ProviderMistralAlibaba
ReleasedSep 2024Sep 2024
Modalitiestext, visiontext
Context window128K tokens128K tokens
Max output,,
Input · 1MPricing not publishedPricing not published
Output · 1MPricing not publishedPricing not published
Knowledge cutoff,,
Open weightsYes (Apache-2.0)Yes (Apache-2.0)
API availableYesYes

Pricing at scale

What you'd actually pay at typical workloads. Numbers come from each model's published per-million-token rates.

  • Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day, vs ,
  • Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day, vs ,
  • RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day, vs ,

Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates). Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates). RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates).

Price calculator

Estimated spend for the listed models at your usage. Numbers are derived from each model's published per-million-token rates.

  • Pixtral 12BPricing unavailable
  • Qwen2.5-7BPricing unavailable

Benchmarks compared

Only sourced numbers. Where a benchmark is missing for one model we show the available value rather than fabricating the other.

Benchmark scores not yet available. We only publish numbers we can source from official model cards or independent leaderboards, see methodology.
Pick Pixtral 12B if

Pixtral 12B fits when…

  • Apache-2.0
  • Vision in 12B size
  • Single-GPU
  • Multimodal needs covering vision.
Pick Qwen2.5-7B if

Qwen2.5-7B fits when…

  • Apache-2.0
  • Runs on laptops
  • Strong multilingual
Don't want either?

Consider Mistral Large 2

Mistral's flagship API model, strong on code and reasoning, EU-friendly hosting.

See Mistral Large 2 specsPixtral 12B vs Mistral Large 2Qwen2.5-7B vs Mistral Large 2

Frequently asked

  • Is Pixtral 12B or Qwen2.5-7B cheaper?
    Per-token pricing isn't published for at least one of these models, check each model's spec page for current rates.
  • Which has the larger context window?
    Both Pixtral 12B and Qwen2.5-7B ship a 128K-token context window.
  • Is Pixtral 12B or Qwen2.5-7B better for coding?
    Both Pixtral 12B and Qwen2.5-7B are competitive on coding benchmarks. See each model's individual spec page for HumanEval and SWE-bench scores where published. For an opinionated pick, consult our Best LLM for Coding ranking.
  • Are either of these models open source?
    Both ship with open weights. Pixtral 12B is licensed under Apache-2.0; Qwen2.5-7B under Apache-2.0.
  • When were Pixtral 12B and Qwen2.5-7B released?
    Pixtral 12B was released by Mistral on 2024-09-17. Qwen2.5-7B was released by Alibaba on 2024-09-19.
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