DeepSeek-R1 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 35 (30 point difference).Qwen2.5-72B wins 4 out of 4 categories.

Knowledge

Qwen2.5-72B

DeepSeek-R1

41.8

Qwen2.5-72B

80.8

44
MMLU
83
43
GPQA
82
41
SuperGPQA
80
39
OpenBookQA
78

Coding

Qwen2.5-72B

DeepSeek-R1

36

Qwen2.5-72B

75

36
HumanEval
75

Mathematics

Qwen2.5-72B

DeepSeek-R1

43

Qwen2.5-72B

83

44
AIME 2023
84
46
AIME 2024
86
45
AIME 2025
85
40
HMMT Feb 2023
80
42
HMMT Feb 2024
82
41
HMMT Feb 2025
81
43
BRUMO 2025
83

Reasoning

Qwen2.5-72B

DeepSeek-R1

41

Qwen2.5-72B

79

42
SimpleQA
80
40
MuSR
78

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, DeepSeek-R1 or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B scores higher overall with 65 vs 35, a difference of 30 points across all benchmarks.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, DeepSeek-R1 or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B leads in knowledge tasks with an average score of 80.8 vs 41.8.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeek-R1 or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B leads in coding with an average score of 75 vs 36.

Which is better for math, DeepSeek-R1 or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B leads in math with an average score of 83 vs 43.

Which is better for reasoning, DeepSeek-R1 or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B leads in reasoning with an average score of 79 vs 41.