Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 23 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the two areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
Coding rests on a single test.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B pulls ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+9.1points ahead
- Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+3.8points ahead
Where Claude 3 Sonnet pulls ahead
No clear win on a test scored out of 100.
Every test, side by side
All 23 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
ReasoningQwen2.5 Instruct 72B
- GPQA DiamondQwen2.5 Instruct 72B by 9.14049.1+9.1
- Humanity's Last Examtie3.63.6tie
Other results20 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- NarrativeQAQwen2.5 Instruct 72B by 63.411.174.5+63.4
- MATHQwen2.5 Instruct 72B by 45.343.188.4+45.3
- naturalquestions_closedbookQwen2.5 Instruct 72B by 33.12.835.9+33.1
- AIR-Bench 2024Claude 3 Sonnet by 25.784.759+25.7
- HarmBenchClaude 3 Sonnet by 2395.872.8+23
- MMLU-ProQwen2.5 Instruct 72B by 14.356.871.1+14.3
- HumanEvalQwen2.5 Instruct 72B by 13.67386.6+13.6
- XSTestQwen2.5 Instruct 72B by 12.185.897.9+12.1
- MGSMClaude 3 Sonnet by 7.383.576.2+7.3
- bbqQwen2.5 Instruct 72B by 5.49095.4+5.4
- OpenBookQAQwen2.5 Instruct 72B by 4.491.896.2+4.4
- HellaSwagClaude 3 Sonnet by 4.28984.8+4.2
- GSM8KQwen2.5 Instruct 72B by 3.592.395.8+3.5
- BBHClaude 3 Sonnet by 3.182.979.8+3.1
- DROPClaude 3 Sonnet by 2.278.976.7+2.2
- AA IntelligenceQwen2.5 Instruct 72B by 1.85.97.7+1.8
- ARC-ChallengeQwen2.5 Instruct 72B by 1.393.294.5+1.3
- MMLUClaude 3 Sonnet by 1.378.377+1.3
- anthropic_red_teamtie99.899.6tie
- simple_safety_teststie100100tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Claude 3 Sonnet or Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B?
Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B wins all two areas where both have results: coding and reasoning. Claude 3 Sonnet wins none.
Which is better for coding?
Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B. It wins the one coding test both models report.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 23 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 3 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 20 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.