MiniMax M2.5 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 59 (6 point difference).Qwen2.5-72B wins 4 out of 4 categories.

Knowledge

Qwen2.5-72B

MiniMax M2.5

70.8

Qwen2.5-72B

80.8

73
MMLU
83
72
GPQA
82
70
SuperGPQA
80
68
OpenBookQA
78

Coding

Qwen2.5-72B

MiniMax M2.5

65

Qwen2.5-72B

75

65
HumanEval
75

Mathematics

Qwen2.5-72B

MiniMax M2.5

72

Qwen2.5-72B

83

73
AIME 2023
84
75
AIME 2024
86
74
AIME 2025
85
69
HMMT Feb 2023
80
71
HMMT Feb 2024
82
70
HMMT Feb 2025
81
72
BRUMO 2025
83

Reasoning

Qwen2.5-72B

MiniMax M2.5

69

Qwen2.5-72B

79

70
SimpleQA
80
68
MuSR
78

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, MiniMax M2.5 or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B scores higher overall with 65 vs 59, a difference of 6 points across all benchmarks.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, MiniMax M2.5 or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B leads in knowledge tasks with an average score of 80.8 vs 70.8.

Which is better for coding, MiniMax M2.5 or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B leads in coding with an average score of 75 vs 65.

Which is better for math, MiniMax M2.5 or Qwen2.5-72B?

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

Which is better for reasoning, MiniMax M2.5 or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B leads in reasoning with an average score of 79 vs 69.