Llama 4 Maverick 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 37 (28 point difference).Qwen2.5-72B wins 4 out of 4 categories.

Knowledge

Qwen2.5-72B

Llama 4 Maverick

43.8

Qwen2.5-72B

80.8

46
MMLU
83
45
GPQA
82
43
SuperGPQA
80
41
OpenBookQA
78

Coding

Qwen2.5-72B

Llama 4 Maverick

38

Qwen2.5-72B

75

38
HumanEval
75

Mathematics

Qwen2.5-72B

Llama 4 Maverick

45

Qwen2.5-72B

83

46
AIME 2023
84
48
AIME 2024
86
47
AIME 2025
85
42
HMMT Feb 2023
80
44
HMMT Feb 2024
82
43
HMMT Feb 2025
81
45
BRUMO 2025
83

Reasoning

Qwen2.5-72B

Llama 4 Maverick

43

Qwen2.5-72B

79

44
SimpleQA
80
42
MuSR
78

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Llama 4 Maverick or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B scores higher overall with 65 vs 37, a difference of 28 points across all benchmarks.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Llama 4 Maverick or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B leads in knowledge tasks with an average score of 80.8 vs 43.8.

Which is better for coding, Llama 4 Maverick or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B leads in coding with an average score of 75 vs 38.

Which is better for math, Llama 4 Maverick or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B leads in math with an average score of 83 vs 45.

Which is better for reasoning, Llama 4 Maverick or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B leads in reasoning with an average score of 79 vs 43.