Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
o4-mini leads with 32.4% higher average benchmark score. o4-mini offers 160.7K more tokens in context window than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is $4.75 cheaper per million tokens. o4-mini supports multimodal inputs. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is available on 4 providers. Overall, o4-mini is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
OpenAI
o4-mini was created as part of the next generation of OpenAI's reasoning models, designed to continue advancing the balance between analytical capability and operational efficiency. Built to bring cutting-edge reasoning techniques to applications requiring quick turnaround, it represents the evolution of compact reasoning-focused models.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen 2.5 72B was developed as the flagship text model in the Qwen 2.5 series, designed to provide advanced language capabilities with 72 billion parameters. Built to compete with frontier models in reasoning, coding, and general language tasks, it represents Qwen's most capable instruction-following model in this generation.
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Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19

o4-mini
OpenAI
2025-04-16
Cost per million tokens (USD)

o4-mini

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

o4-mini

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
o4-mini
2024-05-31
Available providers and their performance metrics

o4-mini
OpenAI

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

o4-mini

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

o4-mini

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
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