o4-mini (high) vs Qwen2.5-72B

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

Quick Verdict

Both models are tied with an overall score of 65.

Knowledge

Qwen2.5-72B

o4-mini (high)

80.5

Qwen2.5-72B

80.8

82
MMLU
83
82
GPQA
82
80
SuperGPQA
80
78
OpenBookQA
78

Coding

Qwen2.5-72B

o4-mini (high)

74

Qwen2.5-72B

75

74
HumanEval
75

Mathematics

Qwen2.5-72B

o4-mini (high)

82

Qwen2.5-72B

83

83
AIME 2023
84
85
AIME 2024
86
84
AIME 2025
85
79
HMMT Feb 2023
80
81
HMMT Feb 2024
82
80
HMMT Feb 2025
81
82
BRUMO 2025
83

Reasoning

Tie

o4-mini (high)

79

Qwen2.5-72B

79

80
SimpleQA
80
78
MuSR
78

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, o4-mini (high) or Qwen2.5-72B?

o4-mini (high) and Qwen2.5-72B are tied with identical overall scores of 65.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, o4-mini (high) or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B leads in knowledge tasks with an average score of 80.8 vs 80.5.

Which is better for coding, o4-mini (high) or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B leads in coding with an average score of 75 vs 74.

Which is better for math, o4-mini (high) or Qwen2.5-72B?

Qwen2.5-72B leads in math with an average score of 83 vs 82.

Which is better for reasoning, o4-mini (high) or Qwen2.5-72B?

o4-mini (high) and Qwen2.5-72B are tied for reasoning with average scores of 79.