Model comparison

GPT-4.5 vs Qwen1.5-7B

GPT-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.9 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.5 OpenAI

36.9

Rank #200 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-7B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.8

Rank #270 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.5 scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen1.5-7B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-4.5 leads 57.1 to 29.8.
  • Qwen1.5-7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4.5 and Qwen1.5-7B specifications
GPT-4.5Qwen1.5-7B
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index36.930.8
Released2025-02-272024-02-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked4213

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Category by category

Coding GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 41.8 (#102), Qwen1.5-7B: 31.6 (#271)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Coding13971107
Aider Polyglot44.9%—
WeirdML39.4%—
LiveBench Coding75.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 27.6 (#92), Qwen1.5-7B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen1.5-7B
Cybench17.5%—

Reasoning Qwen1.5-7B leads

GPT-4.5: 14.1 (#320), Qwen1.5-7B: 19.5 (#237)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Hard Prompts14041066
ARC-AGI-20.8%—
SimpleBench34.5%—
ARC-AGI-110.3%—
EnigmaEval3.2%—
LiveBench Reasoning71.1%—
LiveBench Data Analysis64.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index136.74—
ForecastBench61.7—
LiveBench69%—

Math GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 31.0 (#200), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.0 (#222)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Math14121080
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202537.8%—
LiveBench Math69.3%—
MATH Level 578.6%—

Knowledge GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 32.4 (#205), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.2 (#239)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Expert13941055
GPQA Diamond68.7%—
Humanity's Last Exam5.4%—
Confabulations13.6%—
MMLU—62.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 37.0 (#68), Qwen1.5-7B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Vision1195—
VPCT45%—

Multilingual GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 52.7 (#78), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.6 (#266)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Non-English14131058
LMArena Chinese14211140
LMArena Russian14191006
LMArena French1417—
LMArena German1457—
LMArena Japanese1416—
LMArena Korean1392—

Instruction Following GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 72.8 (#129), Qwen1.5-7B: 54.4 (#276)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Instruction Following14041058
LiveBench Instruction Following72.3%—

Long Context GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 40.4 (#150), Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#261)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Longer Query14061090
Fiction.LiveBench63.9%—

Writing & Preference GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 57.1 (#129), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.8 (#288)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Text14171084
LMArena Creative Writing13941035
LMArena Multi-Turn14441061
Short-Story Creative Writing75.6%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1258—
LiveBench Language61.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.5 better than Qwen1.5-7B?

GPT-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.9 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4.5 or Qwen1.5-7B better for coding?

GPT-4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 31.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.5 and Qwen1.5-7B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.5 has 42 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-7B has 13.

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