# Qwen-72B

Qwen-72B is an AI model released by Qwen on Nov 30 2023. It has 72B parameters, a 32k context window and open weight.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Model | Qwen-72B |
| Developer | Qwen |
| Release date | Thursday, Nov 30 2023 |
| Licensing | Open Weight |
| Parameters | 72B |
| Context window | 32k |

## Questions and answers

### When was Qwen-72B released?

Qwen-72B was released by Qwen on Thursday, Nov 30 2023.

### Who made Qwen-72B?

Qwen-72B was built by Qwen. Alibaba's AI lab, building the Qwen family. The most prolific publisher of open-weight models of any major lab, alongside a proprietary Max and Plus tier sold through Alibaba Cloud.

### What is the context window of Qwen-72B?

Qwen-72B has a context window of 32k. That is the maximum amount of input plus output the model can hold in a single request.

### How many parameters does Qwen-72B have?

Qwen-72B is reported at 72B parameters.

### Is Qwen-72B open source?

Partly. Qwen-72B is an open-weight model: the trained weights are free to download and run locally or on your own infrastructure, but the training data and code are not fully released and the license may restrict some commercial uses. It is not open source in the strict sense.

### What came before and after Qwen-72B?

Qwen's previous tracked release was Qwen-7B on Aug 3 2023, 119 days earlier. It was followed by Qwen1.5 on Feb 4 2024.


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Canonical page: https://aireleasetracker.com/model/qwen/qwen-72b
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Source: AI Release Tracker (https://aireleasetracker.com). Benchmark scores are the figures published by the releasing lab at launch.