Model comparison

ERNIE 5.1 vs Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

ERNIE 5.1 Baidu

43.8

Rank #83 Confirmed

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct Alibaba (Qwen)

29.0

Rank #320 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where ERNIE 5.1 leads 40.3 to 12.6.
  • Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

ERNIE 5.1 and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct specifications
ERNIE 5.1Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
ProviderBaiduAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index43.829.0
Released—2024-09
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—8K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.17
Output $ / M tokens—$0.70
Results tracked1915

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Category by category

Coding ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 44.0 (#76), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 36.5 (#208)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
BigCodeBench Instruct—37.6%
LMArena Coding1488—
BigCodeBench Complete—46.1%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: —, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 23.8 (#124)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
BALROG—7.8%
LMArena Search1227—

Reasoning ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 21.9 (#211), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 14.8 (#322)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
NYT Connections (extended)23.4%—
Chess Puzzles—0%
LMArena Hard Prompts1481—
DTBench—47.7%
LMCA—6.4%
Epoch Capabilities Index—118.51

Math ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 40.3 (#92), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 12.6 (#306)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—2.5%
Omni-MATH—29.4%
LMArena Math1481—

Knowledge ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 41.9 (#102), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 17.0 (#286)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
GPQA Diamond—35.5%
MMLU-Pro—53.9%
GPQA (HELM)—34.1%
LMArena Expert1492—
MMLU—72.9%

Multilingual Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: 55.5 (#29), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
LMArena Non-English1454—
LMArena Chinese1508—
LMArena French1488—
LMArena German1470—
LMArena Japanese1422—
LMArena Korean1427—
LMArena Russian1459—
LMArena Spanish1473—

Instruction Following ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 76.7 (#37), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 63.2 (#231)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
IFEval—74.1%
LMArena Instruction Following1460—

Long Context Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#59), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
LMArena Longer Query1462—

Writing & Preference ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 65.1 (#52), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 48.8 (#195)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
LMArena Text1468—
LMArena Creative Writing1441—
WildBench—73.1%
LMArena Multi-Turn1471—

Frequently asked questions

Is ERNIE 5.1 better than Qwen2.5 7B Instruct?

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is ERNIE 5.1 or Qwen2.5 7B Instruct better for coding?

ERNIE 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 36.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.1 and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has 15.

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