Model comparison

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) vs Qwen2-72B

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) DeepSeek

37.6

Rank #200 Confirmed

Qwen2-72B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.0

Rank #300 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen2-72B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads 34.8 to 21.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Instruct: 48.6% for DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and 38.5% for Qwen2-72B.

Side by side

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Qwen2-72B specifications
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Qwen2-72B
ProviderDeepSeekAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index37.630.0
Released2024-09-062024-06-07
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2226

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 31.7 (#281), Qwen2-72B: 29.1 (#310)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Qwen2-72B
BigCodeBench Instruct48.6%38.5%
LMArena Coding13091196
BigCodeBench Complete53.2%54%
Aider Polyglot17.8%—
WeirdML—11.3%
HumanEval+83.5%—
MBPP+74.1%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): —, Qwen2-72B: 17.0 (#146)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Qwen2-72B
TheAgentCompany—1.1%
METR Time Horizons—29.9%

Reasoning DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 25.6 (#145), Qwen2-72B: 23.2 (#181)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Qwen2-72B
LMArena Hard Prompts12891191
Epoch Capabilities Index—125.28

Math DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 35.9 (#177), Qwen2-72B: 30.2 (#236)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Qwen2-72B
LMArena Math12881235
MATH Level 5—39.1%

Knowledge DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 34.8 (#193), Qwen2-72B: 21.2 (#275)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Qwen2-72B
LMArena Expert12661171
GPQA Diamond—40.8%
MMLU—82.4%

Multilingual DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 42.5 (#193), Qwen2-72B: 35.9 (#244)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Qwen2-72B
LMArena Non-English12731176
LMArena Chinese13181240
LMArena French12891170
LMArena German12581151
LMArena Japanese12281111
LMArena Korean12091083
LMArena Russian12891169
LMArena Spanish12481169

Instruction Following DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 67.5 (#194), Qwen2-72B: 61.7 (#241)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Qwen2-72B
LMArena Instruction Following12801181

Long Context DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 39.5 (#174), Qwen2-72B: 36.1 (#235)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Qwen2-72B
LMArena Longer Query13011192

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 49.8 (#187), Qwen2-72B: 40.8 (#241)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Qwen2-72B
LMArena Text12941203
LMArena Creative Writing12851181
LMArena Multi-Turn12971196

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) better than Qwen2-72B?

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) or Qwen2-72B better for coding?

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.7 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Qwen2-72B share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2-72B has 26.

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