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Command R+ (Apr '24) vs Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B

Cohere · released

Wins 0 of 2 areas

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Alibaba · released

Wins 1 of 2 areas

Coding

Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B wins more areas, narrowly.

Scores updated · 19 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.

Command R+ (Apr '24)$2.50 to read · $10.00 to write$13Price from cohere
Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B$0.47 to read · $0.49 to write$0.97Price from Artificial Analysis

Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B costs 92% less for the same work.

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+16.8points aheadQwen2.5 Instruct 72B49.1Command R+ (Apr '24)32.3
  • Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+14.9points aheadQwen2.5 Instruct 72B26.7Command R+ (Apr '24)11.8

Where Command R+ (Apr '24) pulls ahead

  • Very hard expert questions across many subjectsHumanity's Last Exam+1points aheadCommand R+ (Apr '24)4.6Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B3.6

Every test, side by side

All 19 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.

CodingQwen2.5 Instruct 72B
  • SciCodeQwen2.5 Instruct 72B by 14.911.826.7+14.9

Full coding ranking

ReasoningEven

Full reasoning ranking

Other results16 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.

Questions people ask

Which is better, Command R+ (Apr '24) or Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B?

Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B wins one of the two areas where both have results: coding. Command R+ (Apr '24) wins none. They are level on reasoning.

Which is better for coding?

Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B. It wins the one coding test both models report.

Which is cheaper?

Command R+ (Apr '24) costs $2.50 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B costs $0.47 and $0.49. That makes Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B about 92% cheaper for the same work.

How do you compare the two?

We use the 19 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 16 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.