Model comparison

Qwen1.5-72B vs Step 3

Step 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.5 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Qwen1.5-72B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.8

Rank #285 Confirmed

Step 3 StepFun

40.5

Rank #149 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen1.5-72B scores higher in 0 categories and Step 3 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Step 3 leads 36.8 to 11.5.

Side by side

Qwen1.5-72B and Step 3 specifications
Qwen1.5-72BStep 3
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)StepFun
Noometry Index30.840.5
Released2024-02-04—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2217

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Category by category

Coding Step 3 leads

Qwen1.5-72B: 31.9 (#277), Step 3: 40.1 (#147)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-72BStep 3
LMArena Coding11651367
BigCodeBench Instruct33.2%—
BigCodeBench Complete40.3%—
HumanEval+59.1%—
MBPP+61.6%—

Reasoning Step 3 leads

Qwen1.5-72B: 22.2 (#203), Step 3: 28.4 (#105)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-72BStep 3
LMArena Hard Prompts11481355
Kagi LLM Benchmark—62.3%

Math Step 3 leads

Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#205), Step 3: 37.6 (#148)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-72BStep 3
LMArena Math11641366

Knowledge Step 3 leads

Qwen1.5-72B: 11.5 (#300), Step 3: 36.8 (#164)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-72BStep 3
LMArena Expert11361333
GPQA Diamond28.8%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Qwen1.5-72B: —, Step 3: 35.5 (#86)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-72BStep 3
LMArena Vision—1177

Multilingual Step 3 leads

Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#253), Step 3: 46.3 (#159)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-72BStep 3
LMArena Non-English11351327
LMArena Chinese11861397
LMArena German10841371
LMArena Korean10501269
LMArena Russian11041331
LMArena Spanish11101371
LMArena French1159—
LMArena Japanese1061—

Instruction Following Step 3 leads

Qwen1.5-72B: 59.3 (#256), Step 3: 70.4 (#164)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-72BStep 3
LMArena Instruction Following11411332

Long Context Step 3 leads

Qwen1.5-72B: 35.1 (#243), Step 3: 40.3 (#157)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-72BStep 3
LMArena Longer Query11571326

Writing & Preference Step 3 leads

Qwen1.5-72B: 37.3 (#258), Step 3: 54.3 (#151)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-72BStep 3
LMArena Text11661350
LMArena Creative Writing11371321
LMArena Multi-Turn11601341

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen1.5-72B better than Step 3?

Step 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.5 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen1.5-72B or Step 3 better for coding?

Step 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.1 versus 31.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen1.5-72B and Step 3 share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen1.5-72B has 22 scored results on Noometry and Step 3 has 17.

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