Model comparison

Qwen1.5-110B vs Qwen2-72B

Qwen1.5-110B is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.2 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Qwen1.5-110B Alibaba (Qwen)

34.2

Rank #234 Confirmed

Qwen2-72B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.0

Rank #300 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen1.5-110B scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen2-72B in 5 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen1.5-110B leads 31.2 to 21.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 44.4% for Qwen1.5-110B and 54% for Qwen2-72B.

Side by side

Qwen1.5-110B and Qwen2-72B specifications
Qwen1.5-110BQwen2-72B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index34.230.0
Released2024-04-252024-06-07
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2026

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Category by category

Coding Qwen1.5-110B leads

Qwen1.5-110B: 33.0 (#264), Qwen2-72B: 29.1 (#310)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-110BQwen2-72B
BigCodeBench Instruct35%38.5%
LMArena Coding11841196
BigCodeBench Complete44.4%54%
WeirdML—11.3%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen1.5-110B: —, Qwen2-72B: 17.0 (#146)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-110BQwen2-72B
TheAgentCompany—1.1%
METR Time Horizons—29.9%

Reasoning Too close to call

Qwen1.5-110B: 22.7 (#189), Qwen2-72B: 23.2 (#181)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-110BQwen2-72B
LMArena Hard Prompts11681191
Epoch Capabilities Index—125.28
ForecastBench57.7—

Math Qwen1.5-110B leads

Qwen1.5-110B: 33.7 (#201), Qwen2-72B: 30.2 (#236)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-110BQwen2-72B
LMArena Math11851235
MATH Level 5—39.1%

Knowledge Qwen1.5-110B leads

Qwen1.5-110B: 31.2 (#219), Qwen2-72B: 21.2 (#275)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-110BQwen2-72B
LMArena Expert11441171
GPQA Diamond—40.8%
MMLU—82.4%

Multilingual Qwen2-72B leads

Qwen1.5-110B: 33.6 (#250), Qwen2-72B: 35.9 (#244)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-110BQwen2-72B
LMArena Non-English11421176
LMArena Chinese12061240
LMArena French11511170
LMArena German11231151
LMArena Japanese10741111
LMArena Korean10441083
LMArena Russian11181169
LMArena Spanish11421169

Instruction Following Qwen2-72B leads

Qwen1.5-110B: 60.3 (#252), Qwen2-72B: 61.7 (#241)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-110BQwen2-72B
LMArena Instruction Following11581181

Long Context Qwen2-72B leads

Qwen1.5-110B: 35.1 (#242), Qwen2-72B: 36.1 (#235)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-110BQwen2-72B
LMArena Longer Query11571192

Writing & Preference Qwen2-72B leads

Qwen1.5-110B: 38.0 (#255), Qwen2-72B: 40.8 (#241)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-110BQwen2-72B
LMArena Text11751203
LMArena Creative Writing11481181
LMArena Multi-Turn11601196

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen1.5-110B better than Qwen2-72B?

Qwen1.5-110B is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.2 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen1.5-110B or Qwen2-72B better for coding?

Qwen1.5-110B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.0 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen1.5-110B and Qwen2-72B share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen1.5-110B has 20 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2-72B has 26.

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