Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
GPT-4.5 leads with 12.0% higher average benchmark score. GPT-4.5 supports multimodal inputs. Overall, GPT-4.5 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
OpenAI
GPT-4.5 was developed as an intermediate advancement between GPT-4 and GPT-5, designed to incorporate incremental improvements in reasoning, factuality, and instruction-following. Built to bridge generational capabilities while maintaining compatibility with existing applications, it represents a refinement of the GPT-4 architecture with enhanced performance characteristics.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen 2.5 Coder 7B was created as an efficient coding-specialized model, designed to bring strong programming capabilities to resource-conscious deployments. Built with 7 billion parameters optimized for code understanding and generation, it provides developers with a lightweight option for code-related tasks.
5 months newer

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19

GPT-4.5
OpenAI
2025-02-27
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

GPT-4.5

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

GPT-4.5
OpenAI

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

GPT-4.5

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

GPT-4.5

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct