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GPT-5 Mini vs Qwen2-72B
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Winner summary
GPT-5 Mini wins on 2/2 benchmarks
GPT-5 Mini wins 2 of 2 shared benchmarks. Leads in knowledge · math.
Category leads
knowledge·GPT-5 Minimath·GPT-5 Mini
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
GPT-5 Mini
#65 by perf·no signal
Qwen2-72B
#139 by perf·no signal
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
2 benchmarks · 2 models
GPT-5 MiniQwen2-72B
GPQA diamond
GPT-5 Mini leads by +45.6
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
GPT-5 Mini
66.7
Qwen2-72B
21.0
MATH level 5
GPT-5 Mini leads by +58.8
MATH Level 5 · the hardest tier of the MATH benchmark, featuring competition-level problems from AMC, AIME, and Olympiad-style mathematics.
GPT-5 Mini
97.8
Qwen2-72B
39.1
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Mini | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
GPQA diamond Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs. | 66.7 | 21.0 |
MATH level 5 MATH Level 5 · the hardest tier of the MATH benchmark, featuring competition-level problems from AMC, AIME, and Olympiad-style mathematics. | 97.8 | 39.1 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.25 | $2.00 | 400K tokens (~200 books) | $6.88 | |
| — | — | — | — |