Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen2 72B Instruct leads with 1.9% higher average benchmark score. Claude 3 Sonnet supports multimodal inputs. Claude 3 Sonnet is available on 3 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Anthropic
Claude 3 Sonnet was introduced as the balanced middle tier of the Claude 3 family, offering a combination of strong capabilities and operational speed. Designed to provide an optimal tradeoff between intelligence and performance for everyday tasks, it served as a versatile solution for a wide range of enterprise and consumer applications.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 72B was developed as the flagship model in the Qwen2 generation, designed to provide advanced language understanding with 72 billion parameters. Built to deliver strong performance across diverse tasks, it represented a significant advancement in Qwen's model capabilities when introduced.
4 months newer

Claude 3 Sonnet
Anthropic
2024-02-29

Qwen2 72B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-07-23
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 8 common benchmarks

Claude 3 Sonnet

Qwen2 72B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude 3 Sonnet
Anthropic
Bedrock

Claude 3 Sonnet

Qwen2 72B Instruct

Claude 3 Sonnet

Qwen2 72B Instruct

Qwen2 72B Instruct