The honest, $0-markup cost to run Qwen2.5 14B Instruct (Qwen, 14.8B) and Qwen3 14B (Qwen, 14.8B), side by side — free on your own machine, on your own rented GPU at the vendor's price, or via your own API key.
| Qwen2.5 14B Instruct | Qwen3 14B | |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 14.8B | 14.8B |
| Context window | 32.8K | 41K |
| License | Commercial OK | Commercial OK |
| VRAM to run | ~14 GB (Q4_K_M) | ~13 GB (Q4_K_M) |
| Rent a GPU | $0.26/hr | $0.26/hr |
| Your API key | $0.22/1M (est.) | $0.22/1M (est.) |
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