Model comparison

GPT-5 Pro vs Qwen2-72B

GPT-5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.2 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5 Pro OpenAI

46.2

Rank #58 Confirmed

Qwen2-72B Alibaba (Qwen)

29.5

Rank #294 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5 Pro scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen2-72B in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GPT-5 Pro leads 56.2 to 21.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is WeirdML: 60.4% for GPT-5 Pro and 11.3% for Qwen2-72B.
  • Qwen2-72B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5 Pro and Qwen2-72B specifications
GPT-5 ProQwen2-72B
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index46.229.5
Released2025-10-062024-06-07
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output272K—
Input $ / M tokens$15—
Output $ / M tokens$120—
Results tracked1226

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5 Pro leads

GPT-5 Pro: 43.4 (#77), Qwen2-72B: 28.7 (#303)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProQwen2-72B
WeirdML60.4%11.3%
BigCodeBench Instruct—38.5%
LMArena Coding—1196
BigCodeBench Complete—54%
AlgoTune1.31—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5 Pro: —, Qwen2-72B: 16.9 (#138)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProQwen2-72B
TheAgentCompany—1.1%
METR Time Horizons—29.9%

Reasoning GPT-5 Pro leads

GPT-5 Pro: 39.2 (#52), Qwen2-72B: 22.2 (#184)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProQwen2-72B
Epoch Capabilities Index150.26125.27
ARC-AGI-218.3%—
SimpleBench61.6%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark76.8%—
ARC-AGI-170.2%—
EnigmaEval18.8%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1191

Math GPT-5 Pro leads

GPT-5 Pro: 48.0 (#53), Qwen2-72B: 27.9 (#232)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProQwen2-72B
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)55.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 419.5%—
LMArena Math—1235
MATH Level 5—39.1%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge GPT-5 Pro leads

GPT-5 Pro: 56.2 (#39), Qwen2-72B: 21.2 (#270)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProQwen2-72B
GPQA Diamond—40.8%
Humanity's Last Exam31.6%—
LMArena Expert—1171
MMLU—82.4%

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5 Pro: —, Qwen2-72B: 36.0 (#239)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProQwen2-72B
LMArena Non-English—1176
LMArena Chinese—1240
LMArena French—1169
LMArena German—1151
LMArena Japanese—1111
LMArena Korean—1083
LMArena Russian—1169
LMArena Spanish—1168

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5 Pro: —, Qwen2-72B: 62.0 (#236)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProQwen2-72B
LMArena Instruction Following—1181

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5 Pro: —, Qwen2-72B: 36.1 (#230)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProQwen2-72B
LMArena Longer Query—1193

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5 Pro: —, Qwen2-72B: 41.0 (#236)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProQwen2-72B
LMArena Text—1203
LMArena Creative Writing—1181
LMArena Multi-Turn—1195

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5 Pro better than Qwen2-72B?

GPT-5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.2 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5 Pro or Qwen2-72B better for coding?

GPT-5 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.4 versus 28.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5 Pro and Qwen2-72B share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5 Pro has 12 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2-72B has 26.

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