o3 vs Qwen2.5-72B

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.

Quick Verdict

o3 wins overall with a score of 67 vs 65 (2 point difference).o3 wins 4 out of 4 categories.

Knowledge

o3

o3

85.3

Qwen2.5-72B

80.8

86
MMLU
83
87
GPQA
82
85
SuperGPQA
80
83
OpenBookQA
78

Coding

o3

o3

78

Qwen2.5-72B

75

78
HumanEval
75

Mathematics

o3

o3

87

Qwen2.5-72B

83

88
AIME 2023
84
90
AIME 2024
86
89
AIME 2025
85
84
HMMT Feb 2023
80
86
HMMT Feb 2024
82
85
HMMT Feb 2025
81
87
BRUMO 2025
83

Reasoning

o3

o3

83

Qwen2.5-72B

79

84
SimpleQA
80
82
MuSR
78

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, o3 or Qwen2.5-72B?

o3 scores higher overall with 67 vs 65, a difference of 2 points across all benchmarks.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, o3 or Qwen2.5-72B?

o3 leads in knowledge tasks with an average score of 85.3 vs 80.8.

Which is better for coding, o3 or Qwen2.5-72B?

o3 leads in coding with an average score of 78 vs 75.

Which is better for math, o3 or Qwen2.5-72B?

o3 leads in math with an average score of 87 vs 83.

Which is better for reasoning, o3 or Qwen2.5-72B?

o3 leads in reasoning with an average score of 83 vs 79.