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Model comparison

Qwen1.5-72B vs Qwen3.7 Flash

Qwen3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.5 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Qwen1.5-72B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.3

Rank #282 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Flash Alibaba (Qwen)

39.5

Rank #152 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Qwen1.5-72B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.7 Flash in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.7 Flash leads 48.9 to 11.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 28.8% for Qwen1.5-72B and 82.3% for Qwen3.7 Flash.
  • Qwen1.5-72B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen1.5-72BQwen3.7 Flash
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index30.339.5
Released2024-02-042026-07-15
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.03
Output $ / M tokens—$0.13
Results tracked227

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Qwen1.5-72B: 31.4 (#272), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkQwen1.5-72BQwen3.7 Flash
BigCodeBench Instruct33.2%—
LMArena Coding1166—
BigCodeBench Complete40.3%—
HumanEval+59.1%—
MBPP+61.6%—

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Flash leads

Qwen1.5-72B: 21.2 (#201), Qwen3.7 Flash: 27.3 (#108)

BenchmarkQwen1.5-72BQwen3.7 Flash
NYT Connections (extended)—43.8%
Chess Puzzles—23%
LMArena Hard Prompts1148—
Mystery Game Puzzles—15%
Epoch Capabilities Index—144.62

Math Qwen3.7 Flash leads

Qwen1.5-72B: 30.7 (#205), Qwen3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#100)

BenchmarkQwen1.5-72BQwen3.7 Flash
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—19.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—86.7%
LMArena Math1164—

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Flash leads

Qwen1.5-72B: 11.5 (#295), Qwen3.7 Flash: 48.9 (#69)

BenchmarkQwen1.5-72BQwen3.7 Flash
GPQA Diamond28.8%82.3%
LMArena Expert1136—

Multilingual Not comparable

Qwen1.5-72B: 33.4 (#248), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkQwen1.5-72BQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Non-English1135—
LMArena Chinese1186—
LMArena French1158—
LMArena German1084—
LMArena Japanese1061—
LMArena Korean1049—
LMArena Russian1104—
LMArena Spanish1110—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Qwen1.5-72B: 59.6 (#251), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkQwen1.5-72BQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following1142—

Long Context Not comparable

Qwen1.5-72B: 35.0 (#238), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkQwen1.5-72BQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Longer Query1157—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Qwen1.5-72B: 37.4 (#253), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkQwen1.5-72BQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Text1166—
LMArena Creative Writing1137—
LMArena Multi-Turn1160—

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen1.5-72B better than Qwen3.7 Flash?

Qwen3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.5 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Qwen1.5-72B and Qwen3.7 Flash share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Qwen1.5-72B has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Flash has 7.

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