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Qwen 2.5 7B

Alibaba's small-tier open model. Apache-licensed, runs on consumer hardware, and remains competitive with other 7B-class models on coding and math.

Modality
Text
License
Apache 2.0 (Open)
Parameter size
7B
Context window
131,072 tokens
Released
September 19, 2024
Last verified
May 10, 2026
Runs locally
Yes

Strengths

  • Apache 2.0 license — no MAU restriction at the 7B size
  • 131k context window (large for a small model)
  • Strong coding and math performance for size

Weaknesses

  • Less multilingual coverage than the 72B variant

Try it

WhereTypeNotes
Hugging Face weights Apache 2.0
Ollama local ollama run qwen2.5
OpenRouter hosted-api API key required

Version history

  1. Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Nov 2024
  2. Qwen 2.5 72B Sep 2024
  3. Qwen 2.5 7B Sep 2024 Current

Change log

  • — Initial entry.