Qwen2.5 is the latest series of Qwen large language models, developed by Alibaba Cloud. It offers a range of base and instruction-tuned models, with sizes ranging from 0.5B to 72B parameters.
Key Features
- Expanded Knowledge & Capabilities: Significantly improved in coding, mathematics, and structured data understanding (e.g., tables, JSON).
- Instruction Following & Role-Play: Better at following diverse prompts and setting chatbot conditions.
- Long-Context Support: Handles up to 128K tokens and generates up to 8K tokens.
- Multilingual Proficiency: Supports 29+ languages, including Chinese, English, French, Spanish, German, Russian, Japanese, Arabic, and more.
- License Information: Most models are Apache 2.0 licensed, except for the 3B and 72B models, which fall under the Qwen license.
Model Sizes & Usage
0.5B – 72B: Covers a broad range of applications, from lightweight edge AI to large-scale enterprise use.
7B Model (Default)
Optimized for instruction-following, structured data, and long-text generation.
Run locally via:bashCopyEditollama run qwen2.5
Other Model Sizes: