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Claude 4.1 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 61 (4 point difference).Qwen2.5-72B wins 4 out of 4 categories.

Claude 4.1 Opus

CreatorAnthropic
TypeProprietary
Context200K
Score61

Qwen2.5-72B

CreatorAlibaba
TypeOpen Weight
Context128K
Score65

Knowledge

Qwen2.5-72B

Claude 4.1 Opus

74.5

Qwen2.5-72B

80.8

76
MMLU
83
76
GPQA
82
74
SuperGPQA
80
72
OpenBookQA
78

Coding

Qwen2.5-72B

Claude 4.1 Opus

68

Qwen2.5-72B

75

68
HumanEval
75

Mathematics

Qwen2.5-72B

Claude 4.1 Opus

75

Qwen2.5-72B

83

76
AIME 2023
84
78
AIME 2024
86
77
AIME 2025
85
72
HMMT Feb 2023
80
74
HMMT Feb 2024
82
73
HMMT Feb 2025
81
75
BRUMO 2025
83

Reasoning

Qwen2.5-72B

Claude 4.1 Opus

73

Qwen2.5-72B

79

74
SimpleQA
80
72
MuSR
78

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Claude 4.1 Opus or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B scores higher overall with 65 vs 61, a difference of 4 points across all benchmarks.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Claude 4.1 Opus or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B leads in knowledge tasks with an average score of 80.8 vs 74.5.

Which is better for coding, Claude 4.1 Opus or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B leads in coding with an average score of 75 vs 68.

Which is better for math, Claude 4.1 Opus or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B leads in math with an average score of 83 vs 75.

Which is better for reasoning, Claude 4.1 Opus or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B leads in reasoning with an average score of 79 vs 73.

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