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GPT-5.2 vs Qwen2-72B

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Winner summary

GPT-5.2 wins 3 of 3 shared benchmarks. Leads in knowledge · general · coding.

Category leads
knowledge·GPT-5.2general·GPT-5.2coding·GPT-5.2
Hype vs Reality
GPT-5.2
#168 by perf·#9 by attention
OVERHYPED
Qwen2-72B
#218 by perf·#1 by attention
OVERHYPED
Best value
GPT-5.2
5.8 pts/$
$7.88/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-5.2Qwen2-72B
GPQA diamond
GPT-5.2 leads by +70.3
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
GPT-5.2
92.2
Qwen2-72B
21.9
Metr Time Horizons
GPT-5.2 leads by +45.4
GPT-5.2
75.3
Qwen2-72B
29.9
WeirdML
GPT-5.2 leads by +60.9
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
GPT-5.2
72.2
Qwen2-72B
11.3
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Qwen2-72B
GPQA diamond
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
92.221.9
Metr Time Horizons
75.329.9
WeirdML
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
72.211.3
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
OpenAI logoGPT-5.2$1.75$14.00400K tokens (~200 books)$48.13
Alibaba Qwen logoQwen2-72Bn/an/an/an/a