Claude 3 Opus 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 51 (14 point difference).Qwen2.5-72B wins 4 out of 4 categories.

Knowledge

Qwen2.5-72B

Claude 3 Opus

59.5

Qwen2.5-72B

80.8

61
MMLU
83
61
GPQA
82
59
SuperGPQA
80
57
OpenBookQA
78

Coding

Qwen2.5-72B

Claude 3 Opus

53

Qwen2.5-72B

75

53
HumanEval
75

Mathematics

Qwen2.5-72B

Claude 3 Opus

60

Qwen2.5-72B

83

61
AIME 2023
84
63
AIME 2024
86
62
AIME 2025
85
57
HMMT Feb 2023
80
59
HMMT Feb 2024
82
58
HMMT Feb 2025
81
60
BRUMO 2025
83

Reasoning

Qwen2.5-72B

Claude 3 Opus

58

Qwen2.5-72B

79

59
SimpleQA
80
57
MuSR
78

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Claude 3 Opus or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B scores higher overall with 65 vs 51, a difference of 14 points across all benchmarks.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Claude 3 Opus or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B leads in knowledge tasks with an average score of 80.8 vs 59.5.

Which is better for coding, Claude 3 Opus or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B leads in coding with an average score of 75 vs 53.

Which is better for math, Claude 3 Opus or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B leads in math with an average score of 83 vs 60.

Which is better for reasoning, Claude 3 Opus or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B leads in reasoning with an average score of 79 vs 58.