Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct vs Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B
Wins 0 of 2 areas
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Wins 2 of 2 areas
Coding · Reasoning
Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B is the stronger all-rounder.Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct is cheaper.
Scores updated · 14 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.
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.
Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct costs 73% 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
- Fixes real GitHub issues in Python projectsSWE-bench Verified+14.8points ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+7.4points ahead
Where Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct pulls ahead
No clear win on a test scored out of 100.
Every test, side by side
All 14 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingQwen2.5 Instruct 72B
- SWE-bench VerifiedQwen2.5 Instruct 72B by 14.8923.8+14.8
- SciCodetie27.126.7tie
ReasoningQwen2.5 Instruct 72B
- GPQA DiamondQwen2.5 Instruct 72B by 7.441.749.1+7.4
- Humanity's Last Examtie3.53.6tie
Other results10 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.
- LiveCodeBenchQwen2.5 Instruct 72B by 24.131.455.5+24.1
- ARC-ChallengeQwen2.5 Instruct 72B by 2470.594.5+24
- MMLU-ProQwen2.5 Instruct 72B by 20.750.471.1+20.7
- MMLU-ReduxQwen2.5 Instruct 72B by 9.377.586.8+9.3
- HumanEvalQwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct by 6.192.786.6+6.1
- GSM8KQwen2.5 Instruct 72B by 4.791.195.8+4.7
- MBPPQwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct by 290.288.2+2
- HellaSwagQwen2.5 Instruct 72B by 1.88384.8+1.8
- WinoGrandeQwen2.5 Instruct 72B by 1.580.882.3+1.5
- AA IntelligenceQwen2.5 Instruct 72B by 16.77.7+1
Questions people ask
Which is better, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct or Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B?
Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B wins all two areas where both have results: coding and reasoning. Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct wins none, but costs 73% less.
Which is better for coding?
Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B. It wins 1 of the 2 coding tests both models report; Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct wins none, and 1 is a tie.
Which is cheaper?
Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct costs $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B costs $0.47 and $0.49. That makes Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct about 73% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 14 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 4 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 10 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.