Model comparison
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct vs Qwen2-72B
Qwen2-72B has enough public results to be ranked (#300); Qwen2.5 14B Instruct does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen2.5 14B Instruct scores higher in 1 category and Qwen2-72B in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Qwen2.5 14B Instruct leads 37.7 to 29.1.
Side by side
| Qwen2.5 14B Instruct | Qwen2-72B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 38.7 | 30.0 |
| Released | 2024-09 | 2024-06-07 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.35 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.40 | — |
| Results tracked | 3 | 26 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen2.5 14B Instruct leads
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: 37.7 (#191), Qwen2-72B: 29.1 (#310)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 39.8% | 38.5% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 52.2% | 54% |
| WeirdML | — | 11.3% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1196 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —, Qwen2-72B: 17.0 (#146)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | — | 1.1% |
| METR Time Horizons | — | 29.9% |
Reasoning Not comparable
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —, Qwen2-72B: 23.2 (#181)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1191 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 125.28 |
Math Not comparable
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —, Qwen2-72B: 30.2 (#236)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1235 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 39.1% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —, Qwen2-72B: 21.2 (#275)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 79.9% | 82.4% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 40.8% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1171 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —, Qwen2-72B: 35.9 (#244)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1176 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1240 |
| LMArena French | — | 1170 |
| LMArena German | — | 1151 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1111 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1083 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1169 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1169 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —, Qwen2-72B: 61.7 (#241)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1181 |
Long Context Not comparable
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —, Qwen2-72B: 36.1 (#235)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1192 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —, Qwen2-72B: 40.8 (#241)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1203 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1181 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1196 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen2.5 14B Instruct better than Qwen2-72B?
Qwen2-72B has enough public results to be ranked (#300); Qwen2.5 14B Instruct does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is Qwen2.5 14B Instruct or Qwen2-72B better for coding?
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.7 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Qwen2.5 14B Instruct and Qwen2-72B share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen2.5 14B Instruct has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2-72B has 26.