Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads with 25.2% higher average benchmark score. Claude Sonnet 4 offers 188.7K more tokens in context window than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is $17.25 cheaper per million tokens. Claude Sonnet 4 supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4 is a multimodal language model developed by Anthropic. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 69.4% across 8 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MMMLU (86.5%), TAU-bench Retail (80.5%), GPQA (75.4%). It supports a 328K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 4 API providers. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2025, it represents Anthropic's latest advancement in AI technology.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is a language model developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 77.4% across 14 benchmarks. It excels particularly in GSM8k (95.8%), MT-Bench (93.5%), MBPP (88.2%). It supports a 139K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 4 API providers. It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2024, it represents Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team's latest advancement in AI technology.
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Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19
Claude Sonnet 4
Anthropic
2025-05-22
Cost per million tokens (USD)
Claude Sonnet 4
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 21 common benchmarks
Claude Sonnet 4
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics
Claude Sonnet 4
Anthropic
Bedrock
ZeroEval
Claude Sonnet 4
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Claude Sonnet 4
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Hyperbolic
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