Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
GPT-5 leads with 29.8% higher average benchmark score. GPT-5 offers 388.7K more tokens in context window than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is $10.50 cheaper per million tokens. GPT-5 supports multimodal inputs. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is available on 4 providers. Overall, GPT-5 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
OpenAI
GPT-5 is a multimodal language model developed by OpenAI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 70.1% across 35 benchmarks. It excels particularly in SWE-Lancer (IC-Diamond subset) (100.0%), COLLIE (99.0%), Tau2 Telecom (96.7%). It supports a 528K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 2 API providers. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2025, it represents OpenAI'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.
10 months newer
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19
GPT-5
OpenAI
2025-08-07
Cost per million tokens (USD)
GPT-5
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 46 common benchmarks
GPT-5
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
GPT-5
2024-09-30
Available providers and their performance metrics
GPT-5
OpenAI
ZeroEval
GPT-5
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
GPT-5
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
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