Model comparison
Qwen1.5-72B vs Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen1.5-72B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads 40.3 to 11.5.
Side by side
| Qwen1.5-72B | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 43.2 |
| Released | 2024-02-04 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.80 |
| Results tracked | 22 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Qwen1.5-72B: 31.9 (#277), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 42.4 (#100)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1165 | 1439 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.3% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 59.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 61.6% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Qwen1.5-72B: 22.2 (#203), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 29.3 (#92)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1148 | 1428 |
Math Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#205), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.0 (#118)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1164 | 1426 |
Knowledge Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Qwen1.5-72B: 11.5 (#300), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 40.3 (#121)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1136 | 1442 |
| GPQA Diamond | 28.8% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Qwen1.5-72B: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.8 (#55)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1247 |
Multilingual Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#253), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 51.9 (#97)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1135 | 1405 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1186 | 1463 |
| LMArena French | 1159 | 1452 |
| LMArena German | 1084 | 1424 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1061 | 1385 |
| LMArena Korean | 1050 | 1394 |
| LMArena Russian | 1104 | 1408 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1110 | 1428 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Qwen1.5-72B: 59.3 (#256), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 74.2 (#101)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1141 | 1406 |
Long Context Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Qwen1.5-72B: 35.1 (#243), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 43.4 (#98)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1157 | 1420 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Qwen1.5-72B: 37.3 (#258), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 60.2 (#99)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1166 | 1420 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1137 | 1366 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1160 | 1428 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen1.5-72B better than Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?
Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Qwen1.5-72B or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B better for coding?
Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 31.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Qwen1.5-72B and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen1.5-72B has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has 18.