Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Qwen2.5-72B

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.

Quick Verdict

Qwen2.5-72B wins overall with a score of 65 vs 55 (10 point difference).Qwen2.5-72B wins 4 out of 4 categories.

Knowledge

Qwen2.5-72B

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

63.5

Qwen2.5-72B

80.8

65
MMLU
83
65
GPQA
82
63
SuperGPQA
80
61
OpenBookQA
78

Coding

Qwen2.5-72B

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

57

Qwen2.5-72B

75

57
HumanEval
75

Mathematics

Qwen2.5-72B

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

64

Qwen2.5-72B

83

65
AIME 2023
84
67
AIME 2024
86
66
AIME 2025
85
61
HMMT Feb 2023
80
63
HMMT Feb 2024
82
62
HMMT Feb 2025
81
64
BRUMO 2025
83

Reasoning

Qwen2.5-72B

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

62

Qwen2.5-72B

79

63
SimpleQA
80
61
MuSR
78

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B scores higher overall with 65 vs 55, a difference of 10 points across all benchmarks.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B leads in knowledge tasks with an average score of 80.8 vs 63.5.

Which is better for coding, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B leads in coding with an average score of 75 vs 57.

Which is better for math, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B leads in math with an average score of 83 vs 64.

Which is better for reasoning, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B leads in reasoning with an average score of 79 vs 62.