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Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free) vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.
Winner summary
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct wins on 3/5 benchmarks
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
Attention vs performance
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free)
#190 by perf·no signal
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
#82 by perf·no signal
Best value
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (free)
—
$0.00/M
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
140.0 pts/$
$0.38/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Meta AI
$1.50T·Tier 1
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
5 benchmarks · 2 models
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
| Benchmark | Llama 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. | 23.0 | 16.2 |
GPQA diamond Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs. | 29.9 | 32.2 |
MATH level 5 MATH Level 5 · the hardest tier of the MATH benchmark, featuring competition-level problems from AMC, AIME, and Olympiad-style mathematics. | 41.6 | 63.2 |
MMLU Massive Multitask Language Understanding · 57 subjects spanning STEM, humanities, social sciences, and more. The standard benchmark for broad knowledge. | 81.7 | 80.4 |
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills. | 5.0 | 8.0 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.00 | $0.00 | 66K tokens (~33 books) | — | |
| $0.36 | $0.40 | 33K tokens (~16 books) | $3.70 |