2025 head-to-head · Small SUV

2025 Audi Q5 vs Infiniti QX50

MPG, range and what each one really costs you to fuel, from official EPA ratings and recalculated with your own gas and electricity prices.

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✓ Cheaper to run
$2,370/ year to fuel
25 MPG

AWD · 2.0L 4-cyl turbo · 7-speed dual-clutch · 25 MPG

✓ Cheaper to run
$2,279/ year to fuel
26 MPG

The 2025 Infiniti QX50 is the cheaper one to run. Driving 15,000 miles a year with $3.95/gal premium gas, it costs about $2,279 a year to fuel (26 MPG), versus $2,370 for the 2025 Audi Q5 (25 MPG). That's roughly $91 a year, or about $456 over five years.

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Fuel cost over 10 years

  • Audi Q5
  • Infiniti QX50

Side by side

Audi Q5Infiniti QX50
$2,370 Your annual fuel cost $2,279
25 MPG Combined efficiency 26 MPG
22 MPG City 23 MPG
30 MPG Highway 29 MPG
358 g/mi Tailpipe CO₂ (g/mi) 343 g/mi
5/10 EPA fuel economy score 5/10
5/10 EPA greenhouse gas score 5/10
Gas Powertrain Gas
Premium gasoline Fuel Premium gasoline
2.0L 4-cyl turbo Engine / motor 2.0L 4-cyl turbo
7-speed dual-clutch Transmission CVT
AWD Drivetrain FWD

✓ marks the better value. EPA scores run 1–10 (10 is best). Volumes come from the EPA interior volume index and aren't published for every body style.

Audi Q5 vs Infiniti QX50 across model years

  • Audi Q5
  • Infiniti QX50

Annual fuel cost of the most efficient configuration of each model year, at your prices. Click a point to open that year.

How they differ

Among 133 2025 small SUVs, the Audi Q5 ranks 116th and the Infiniti QX50 111th for lowest fuel cost.

Frequently asked questions

Which is more fuel-efficient, the 2025 Audi Q5 or the 2025 Infiniti QX50?

Measured by cost to drive, the Infiniti QX50. The Audi Q5 is rated 25 MPG combined and the Infiniti QX50 26 MPG (EPA, most efficient configuration of each).

How much does it cost to fuel the 2025 Audi Q5 vs. the Infiniti QX50 per year?

At 15,000 miles a year with $3.95/gal premium gas, about $2,370 for the Audi Q5 and $2,279 for the Infiniti QX50.

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