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Qwen2.5 72B Instruct vs GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
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Winner summary
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct wins on 4/7 benchmarks
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct wins 4 of 7 shared benchmarks. Leads in math · multimodal.
Category leads
coding·GPT-4o (2024-08-06)arena·GPT-4o (2024-08-06)knowledge·GPT-4o (2024-08-06)math·Qwen2.5 72B Instructmultimodal·Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
#82 by perf·no signal
GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
#167 by perf·no signal
Best value
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
24.6x better value than GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
140.0 pts/$
$0.38/M
GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
5.7 pts/$
$6.25/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
7 benchmarks · 2 models
Qwen2.5 72B InstructGPT-4o (2024-08-06)
Aider · Code Editing
GPT-4o (2024-08-06) leads by +6.0
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
65.4
GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
71.4
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
GPT-4o (2024-08-06) leads by +32.0
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
1302.3
GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
1334.3
GPQA diamond
GPT-4o (2024-08-06) leads by +0.1
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
32.2
GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
32.3
MATH level 5
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads by +9.9
MATH Level 5 · the hardest tier of the MATH benchmark, featuring competition-level problems from AMC, AIME, and Olympiad-style mathematics.
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
63.2
GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
53.3
MMLU
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads by +1.3
Massive Multitask Language Understanding · 57 subjects spanning STEM, humanities, social sciences, and more. The standard benchmark for broad knowledge.
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
80.4
GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
79.1
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads by +1.7
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
8.0
GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
6.3
VideoMME
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads by +2.1
VideoMME · multimodal benchmark testing video understanding across diverse domains, requiring temporal reasoning and cross-frame comprehension.
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
64.7
GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
62.5
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | GPT-4o (2024-08-06) |
|---|---|---|
Aider · Code Editing | 65.4 | 71.4 |
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1302.3 | 1334.3 |
GPQA diamond Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs. | 32.2 | 32.3 |
MATH level 5 MATH Level 5 · the hardest tier of the MATH benchmark, featuring competition-level problems from AMC, AIME, and Olympiad-style mathematics. | 63.2 | 53.3 |
MMLU Massive Multitask Language Understanding · 57 subjects spanning STEM, humanities, social sciences, and more. The standard benchmark for broad knowledge. | 80.4 | 79.1 |
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills. | 8.0 | 6.3 |
VideoMME VideoMME · multimodal benchmark testing video understanding across diverse domains, requiring temporal reasoning and cross-frame comprehension. | 64.7 | 62.5 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.36 | $0.40 | 33K tokens (~16 books) | $3.70 | |
| $2.50 | $10.00 | 128K tokens (~64 books) | $43.75 |