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Qwen2.5 72B Instruct vs Qwen2-72B
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Winner summary
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct wins on 10/14 benchmarks
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct wins 10 of 14 shared benchmarks. Leads in coding · general · language.
Category leads
coding·Qwen2.5 72B Instructknowledge·Qwen2-72Bgeneral·Qwen2.5 72B Instructlanguage·Qwen2.5 72B Instructmath·Qwen2.5 72B Instructreasoning·Qwen2-72Bagentic·Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
#128 by perf·#2 by attention
Qwen2-72B
#203 by perf·#2 by attention
Best value
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
129.5 pts/$
$0.38/M
Qwen2-72B
n/a
no price
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
14 benchmarks · 2 models
Qwen2.5 72B InstructQwen2-72B
Aider · Code Editing
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads by +9.8
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
65.4
Qwen2-72B
55.6
CMMLU
Qwen2-72B leads by +4.0
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
85.7
Qwen2-72B
89.7
GPQA diamond
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads by +11.2
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
Qwen2-72B
21.0
BBH (HuggingFace)
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads by +10.0
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
61.9
Qwen2-72B
51.9
GPQA
Qwen2-72B leads by +2.6
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
16.7
Qwen2-72B
19.2
IFEval
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads by +48.1
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
86.4
Qwen2-72B
38.2
MATH Level 5
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads by +28.7
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
59.8
Qwen2-72B
31.1
MMLU-PRO
Qwen2-72B leads by +1.2
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
51.4
Qwen2-72B
52.6
MUSR
Qwen2-72B leads by +8.0
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
11.7
Qwen2-72B
19.7
MATH level 5
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads by +24.1
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
Qwen2-72B
39.1
Metr Time Horizons
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads by +5.9
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
35.8
Qwen2-72B
29.9
MMLU
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads by +3.9
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
Qwen2-72B
76.5
The Agent Company
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads by +4.6
The Agent Company · tests AI agents on realistic corporate tasks like email management, code review, data analysis, and cross-tool workflows.
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
5.7
Qwen2-72B
1.1
WeirdML
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads by +4.7
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
16.0
Qwen2-72B
11.3
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
Aider · Code Editing | 65.4 | 55.6 |
CMMLU | 85.7 | 89.7 |
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 | 21.0 |
BBH (HuggingFace) | 61.9 | 51.9 |
GPQA | 16.7 | 19.2 |
IFEval | 86.4 | 38.2 |
MATH Level 5 | 59.8 | 31.1 |
MMLU-PRO | 51.4 | 52.6 |
MUSR | 11.7 | 19.7 |
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 | 39.1 |
Metr Time Horizons | 35.8 | 29.9 |
MMLU Massive Multitask Language Understanding · 57 subjects spanning STEM, humanities, social sciences, and more. The standard benchmark for broad knowledge. | 80.4 | 76.5 |
The Agent Company The Agent Company · tests AI agents on realistic corporate tasks like email management, code review, data analysis, and cross-tool workflows. | 5.7 | 1.1 |
WeirdML WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns. | 16.0 | 11.3 |
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 | |
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