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Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking vs Qwen3.7 Plus

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Head-to-head evidence from 5 shared benchmark results across 3 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

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67.22/100
0 category wins2 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking unranked (Not scored); Qwen3.7 Plus #21 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking and Qwen3.7 Plus share 5 comparable benchmark results. 2 of 8 categories are comparable. 0 results are unique to Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking; 64 to Qwen3.7 Plus.

Updated July 23, 2026
Shared results
5
Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking only
0
Qwen3.7 Plus only
64
Comparable categories
2 / 8

Treat this as a split decision. Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking makes more sense if its workflow fits your team better; Qwen3.7 Plus is the better fit if instruction following is the priority or you need the larger 1M context window.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 5 shared benchmark results across 3 evidence categories; 2 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking and Qwen3.7 Plus finish on the same BenchAlign overall score, so this is less about a single winner and more about where the edge shows up. The BenchAlign headline says tie; the benchmark table is where the real choice happens.

Qwen3.7 Plus gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 128K for Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking and Qwen3.7 Plus
CategoryMellum2-12B-A2.5B-ThinkingΔQwen3.7 Plus
Inst. FollowingMellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking76.5Margin 8.0Qwen3.7 Plus84.5
KnowledgeMellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking57.6Margin 2.5Qwen3.7 Plus60.1
AgenticMellum2-12B-A2.5B-ThinkingNot measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.7 Plus71.7
CodingMellum2-12B-A2.5B-ThinkingNot measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.7 Plus75.6
ReasoningMellum2-12B-A2.5B-ThinkingNot measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.7 Plus91.7
MathMellum2-12B-A2.5B-ThinkingNot measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.7 Plus92.9
MultilingualMellum2-12B-A2.5B-ThinkingNot measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.7 Plus85.4
MultimodalMellum2-12B-A2.5B-ThinkingNot measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.7 Plus81.5

Decisive benchmark drivers

The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.

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A · Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-ThinkingB · Qwen3.7 Plus
  1. GPQA

    Knowledge
    Source ↗
    A 57.6%B 90.3%
    Winner: Qwen3.7 PlusΔ 32.7
    GPQA: Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking scored 57.6%; Qwen3.7 Plus scored 90.3%. Qwen3.7 Plus wins this benchmark.
  2. IFEval

    Inst. Following
    Source ↗
    A 76.5%B 94.6%
    Winner: Qwen3.7 PlusΔ 18.1
    IFEval: Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking scored 76.5%; Qwen3.7 Plus scored 94.6%. Qwen3.7 Plus wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricMellum2-12B-A2.5B-ThinkingQwen3.7 PlusComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensMellum2-12B-A2.5B-ThinkingNot availableQwen3.7 PlusNot availableA complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per secondMellum2-12B-A2.5B-ThinkingNot availableQwen3.7 PlusNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenMellum2-12B-A2.5B-ThinkingNot availableQwen3.7 PlusNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensMellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking128KQwen3.7 Plus1MQwen3.7 Plus lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkMellum2-12B-A2.5B-ThinkingQwen3.7 PlusResult
BFCL v4Source 45.6%72.9%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 70.3%Not comparable
QwenClawBenchSource 61.8%Not comparable
QwenWebBenchSource 1536Not comparable
Claw-EvalSource 62.7%Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource 73.2%Not comparable
VITA-BenchSource 45.6%Not comparable
DeepPlanningSource 62.3%Not comparable
OSWorld-VerifiedSource 73.3%Not comparable
AndroidWorldSource 81.0%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 20.8%Not comparable
APEX-Agents-AASource 22.4%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 93%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 21.8%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 936Not comparable
OSWorld 2.0Source 2.8%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkMellum2-12B-A2.5B-ThinkingQwen3.7 PlusResult
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 70.3%Not comparable
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 77.7%Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource 57.6%Not comparable
SWE MultilingualSource 75.8%Not comparable
NL2RepoSource 41.1%Not comparable
SciCodeSource 51.3%Not comparable
LiveCodeBenchSource 89.6%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 55.9%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 45.5%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkMellum2-12B-A2.5B-ThinkingQwen3.7 PlusResult
CritPtSource 9.1%Not comparable
MRCRv2Source 91.7%Not comparable
AA-LCRSource 65.0%Not comparable
KnowledgeQwen3.7 Plus wins
BenchmarkMellum2-12B-A2.5B-ThinkingQwen3.7 PlusResult
MMLU-ReduxSource 86.2%94.5%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
GPQASource 57.6%90.3%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
GPQA-DSource 57.6%90.3%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
HLESource 34.7%Not comparable
MMLU-ProSource 88.5%Not comparable
SuperGPQASource 71.4%Not comparable
MMMLUSource 89.0%Not comparable
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 39.0%Not comparable
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 90.0%Not comparable
AA-HLESource 33.4%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 2.4%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 22.2%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 25.5%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkMellum2-12B-A2.5B-ThinkingQwen3.7 PlusResult
HMMT Feb 2026Source 92.9%Not comparable
IMOAnswerBenchSource 86.0%Not comparable
ApexSource 22.7%Not comparable
Multilingual
BenchmarkMellum2-12B-A2.5B-ThinkingQwen3.7 PlusResult
MMLU-ProXSource 85.4%Not comparable
NOVA-63Source 58.8%Not comparable
INCLUDESource 83.0%Not comparable
MAXIFESource 88.8%Not comparable
PolyMathSource 84.0%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkMellum2-12B-A2.5B-ThinkingQwen3.7 PlusResult
MMMU-ProSource 79%Not comparable
MathVisionSource 90.3%Not comparable
CharXivSource 85.9%Not comparable
ERQASource 69.8%Not comparable
MedXpertQA (MM)Source 71.0%Not comparable
ScreenSpot ProSource 79.0%Not comparable
SimpleVQASource 81.7%Not comparable
MMSearch-PlusSource 41.4%Not comparable
RealWorldQASource 86.9%Not comparable
OmniDocBench 1.5Source 91.4%Not comparable
OCRBench V2Source 70.7%Not comparable
ODINW13Source 51.1%Not comparable
Video-MME (with subtitle)Source 88.0%Not comparable
VideoMMMUSource 85.4%Not comparable
MLVU (M-Avg)Source 87.4%Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource 80.5%Not comparable
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1288Not comparable
Inst. FollowingQwen3.7 Plus wins
BenchmarkMellum2-12B-A2.5B-ThinkingQwen3.7 PlusResult
IFEvalSource 76.5%94.6%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
IFBenchSource 79.1%Not comparable
AA-IFBenchSource 78.0%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Which is better, Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking and Qwen3.7 Plus are tied on the BenchAlign overall score, so the right pick depends on which category matters most for your use case.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 60.1 versus 57.6. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 84.5 versus 76.5. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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