Model comparison
Qwen1.5-72B vs Qwen3 Coder Next
Qwen3 Coder Next is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.3 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in coding, where Qwen3 Coder Next leads 36.3 to 31.9.
Side by side
| Qwen1.5-72B | Qwen3 Coder Next | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 34.3 |
| Released | 2024-02-04 | 2026-02-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.12 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.80 |
| Results tracked | 22 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 Coder Next leads
Qwen1.5-72B: 31.9 (#277), Qwen3 Coder Next: 36.3 (#210)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 32.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 34.4% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1165 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.3% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 59.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 61.6% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Qwen1.5-72B: 22.2 (#203), Qwen3 Coder Next: 22.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1148 | — |
Math Not comparable
Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#205), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1164 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Qwen1.5-72B: 11.5 (#300), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 28.8% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1136 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#253), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1135 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1186 | — |
| LMArena French | 1159 | — |
| LMArena German | 1084 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1061 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1050 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1104 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1110 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Qwen1.5-72B: 59.3 (#256), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1141 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Qwen1.5-72B: 35.1 (#243), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1157 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Qwen1.5-72B: 37.3 (#258), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1166 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1137 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1160 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen1.5-72B better than Qwen3 Coder Next?
Qwen3 Coder Next is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.3 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Qwen1.5-72B or Qwen3 Coder Next better for coding?
Qwen3 Coder Next scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.3 versus 31.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Qwen1.5-72B and Qwen3 Coder Next share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen1.5-72B has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Coder Next has 3.