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GPT-5.1 vs Qwen2-72B

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Winner summary

GPT-5.1 wins 2 of 2 shared benchmarks. Leads in knowledge · coding.

Category leads
knowledge·GPT-5.1coding·GPT-5.1
Hype vs Reality
GPT-5.1
#156 by perf·#9 by attention
DESERVED
Qwen2-72B
#216 by perf·#1 by attention
OVERHYPED
Best value
GPT-5.1
8.4 pts/$
$5.63/M
Qwen2-72B
n/a
no price
Vendor risk
OpenAI logo
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Medium risk
Alibaba Qwen logo
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Low risk
Head to head
GPT-5.1Qwen2-72B
GPQA diamond
GPT-5.1 leads by +65.1
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
GPT-5.1
87.0
Qwen2-72B
21.9
WeirdML
GPT-5.1 leads by +49.5
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
GPT-5.1
60.8
Qwen2-72B
11.3
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Qwen2-72B
GPQA diamond
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
87.021.9
WeirdML
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
60.811.3
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
OpenAI logoGPT-5.1$1.25$10.00400K tokens (~200 books)$34.38
Alibaba Qwen logoQwen2-72Bn/an/an/an/a