Model comparison
Qwen Plus vs Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct costs 2.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen Plus scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen Plus leads 28.4 to 14.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 81.1% for Qwen Plus and 47.7% for Qwen2.5 7B Instruct.
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is cheaper at $0.17 / $0.70 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $1.20 for Qwen Plus.
- Qwen Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen Plus | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.1 | 29.0 |
| Released | 2024-01-25 | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | 131K |
| Max output | 33K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.40 | $0.17 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | $0.70 |
| Results tracked | 20 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 36.5 (#208)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 37.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1328 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 46.1% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Qwen Plus: —, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 23.8 (#124)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | — | 7.8% |
Reasoning Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 14.8 (#322)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 81.1% | 47.7% |
| LMCA | 24% | 6.4% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 63.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1317 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 118.51 |
Math Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 12.6 (#306)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 17.8% | 2.5% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 29.4% |
| LMArena Math | 1326 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 65.3% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | — |
Knowledge Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 17.0 (#286)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 48.1% | 35.5% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 53.9% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 34.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1328 | — |
| MMLU | — | 72.9% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1310 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1347 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1251 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1323 | — |
Instruction Following Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 63.2 (#231)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 74.1% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1303 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1324 | — |
Writing & Preference Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 48.8 (#195)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1326 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1293 | — |
| WildBench | — | 73.1% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1336 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen Plus better than Qwen2.5 7B Instruct?
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct costs 2.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Qwen Plus or Qwen2.5 7B Instruct?
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is cheaper. It lists at $0.17 per million input tokens and $0.70 per million output tokens; Qwen Plus lists at $0.40 and $1.20.
Is Qwen Plus or Qwen2.5 7B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 36.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen Plus does, with 1M tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Qwen Plus and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen Plus has 20 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has 15.