Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen2 72B Instruct leads with 18.5% higher average benchmark score. Llama 4 Scout supports multimodal inputs. Llama 4 Scout is available on 6 providers. Overall, Qwen2 72B Instruct is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Meta
Llama 4 Scout is a multimodal language model developed by Meta. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 67.3% across 12 benchmarks. It excels particularly in DocVQA (94.4%), MGSM (90.6%), ChartQA (88.8%). With a 20.0M token context window, it can handle extensive documents and complex multi-turn conversations. The model is available through 6 API providers. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2025, it represents Meta's latest advancement in AI technology.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 72B Instruct is a language model developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 73.6% across 17 benchmarks. It excels particularly in GSM8k (91.1%), CMMLU (90.1%), HellaSwag (87.6%). Released in 2024, it represents Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team's latest advancement in AI technology.
8 months newer
Qwen2 72B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-07-23
Llama 4 Scout
Meta
2025-04-05
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 24 common benchmarks
Llama 4 Scout
Qwen2 72B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics
Llama 4 Scout
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Groq
Lambda
Novita
Llama 4 Scout
Qwen2 72B Instruct
Llama 4 Scout
Qwen2 72B Instruct
Together
Qwen2 72B Instruct