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Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

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Winner summary

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct wins 3 of 5 shared benchmarks. Leads in math.

Category leads
knowledge·Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free)math·Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Hype vs Reality
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free)
#190 by perf·no signal
QUIET
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
#82 by perf·no signal
QUIET
Best value
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free)
$0.00/M
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
140.0 pts/$
$0.38/M
Vendor risk
Meta logo
Meta AI
$1.50T·Tier 1
Low risk
Alibaba Qwen logo
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Low risk
Head to head
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free)Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Balrog
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) leads by +6.8
Balrog · benchmarks AI agents on text-based adventure games, testing language understanding, strategic planning, and long-horizon reasoning.
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free)
23.0
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
16.2
GPQA diamond
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads by +2.3
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free)
29.9
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
32.2
MATH level 5
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads by +21.6
MATH Level 5 · the hardest tier of the MATH benchmark, featuring competition-level problems from AMC, AIME, and Olympiad-style mathematics.
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free)
41.6
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
63.2
MMLU
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) leads by +1.3
Massive Multitask Language Understanding · 57 subjects spanning STEM, humanities, social sciences, and more. The standard benchmark for broad knowledge.
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free)
81.7
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
80.4
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads by +2.9
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free)
5.0
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
8.0
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkLlama 3.3 70B Instruct (free)Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Balrog
Balrog · benchmarks AI agents on text-based adventure games, testing language understanding, strategic planning, and long-horizon reasoning.
23.016.2
GPQA diamond
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
29.932.2
MATH level 5
MATH Level 5 · the hardest tier of the MATH benchmark, featuring competition-level problems from AMC, AIME, and Olympiad-style mathematics.
41.663.2
MMLU
Massive Multitask Language Understanding · 57 subjects spanning STEM, humanities, social sciences, and more. The standard benchmark for broad knowledge.
81.780.4
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
5.08.0
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
Meta logoLlama 3.3 70B Instruct (free)$0.00$0.0066K tokens (~33 books)
Alibaba Qwen logoQwen2.5 72B Instruct$0.36$0.4033K tokens (~16 books)$3.70