qwen/qwen2.5-72b-instruct by NVIDIA NIM

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128,000 tokens
Rate limit
40 RPM
Model ID
qwen/qwen2.5-72b-instruct
Base URL
https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1
Checked
Jun 15, 2026

Benchmarks

LMArena text Elo
1269 · LMArena, Nov 11 2026
Tested as Qwen2.5-72B-Instruct · leaderboard published 2026-11-09
LMArena text rank
#287 of 421 · LMArena, Nov 11 2026
Tested as Qwen2.5-72B-Instruct

Numbers are copied from the linked public leaderboards for this exact model and version. The free endpoint can run a different reasoning setting or quantization than the tested one.

Quickstart

curl https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KEY" \
  -d '{"model":"qwen/qwen2.5-72b-instruct","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"hi"}]}'

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