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Beam 1.0 vs Qwen2 72B Instruct

Beam 1.0 leads the LLM Stats Score 44.6 to 5.3.

Reflection AI · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Beam 1.0 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 44.6 to 5.3, ranking #46 overall.

In the 1 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Beam 1.0 wins 1; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Beam 1.0

  • overall performance matters — it scores 44.6 and ranks #46 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 1 of 1 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

Choose Qwen2 72B Instruct

  • you are already invested in the Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Beam 1.0
Reflection AI
Qwen2 72B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
44.6
#46
5.3
#320
Reasoning
45.5
#37
5.2
#316
Coding
33.7
#39
9.7
#191
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
1 of 1
0 of 1
Input price
$0.40 / M
— / M
Output price
$1.20 / M
— / M
Context window
1,048,576
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Beam 1.0
Qwen2 72B Instruct
Math
35.1#45
11.0#259
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

22 reported for Beam 1.0 · 17 for Qwen2 72B Instruct

1 shared

Beam 1.0 outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GPQA), while Qwen2 72B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

Beam 1.0 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Thu Oct 22 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

429.3B diff

Beam 1.0 has 429.3B more parameters than Qwen2 72B Instruct, making it 596.3% larger.

Reflection AI
Beam 1.0
501.3Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 72B Instruct
72.0Bparameters
501.3B
Beam 1.0
72.0B
Qwen2 72B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Beam 1.0 specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only Beam 1.0 specifies output context (131,072 tokens).

Reflection AI
Beam 1.0
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 72B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Thu Oct 22 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

Beam 1.0 is licensed under Apache 2.0, while Qwen2 72B Instruct uses tongyi-qianwen.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Beam 1.0

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Qwen2 72B Instruct

tongyi-qianwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Beam 1.0 was released on 2026-10-16, while Qwen2 72B Instruct was released on 2024-07-23.

Beam 1.0 is 27 months newer than Qwen2 72B Instruct.

Beam 1.0

Oct 16, 2026

6 days ago

2.2yr newer
Qwen2 72B Instruct

Jul 23, 2024

2.2 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Beam 1.0 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2026-06-30, while Qwen2 72B Instruct's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Beam 1.0's training data extends to 2026-06-30, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen2 72B Instruct's cutoff date.

Beam 1.0

Jun 2026

Qwen2 72B Instruct

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Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Beam 1.0 and Qwen2 72B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Beam 1.0
✓ Preferred
Qwen2 72B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Beam 1.0 vs Qwen2 72B Instruct.

Which is better, Beam 1.0 or Qwen2 72B Instruct?

Beam 1.0 leads the LLM Stats Score 44.6 to 5.3. Beam 1.0 is made by Reflection AI and Qwen2 72B Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Beam 1.0 compare to Qwen2 72B Instruct in benchmarks?

Beam 1.0 scores AIME 2026: 97.7%, GPQA: 90.6%, LiveCodeBench: 88.3%, SWE-Bench Verified: 81.6%, MCP Atlas: 80.8%. Qwen2 72B Instruct scores GSM8k: 91.1%, CMMLU: 90.1%, HellaSwag: 87.6%, HumanEval: 86.0%, Winogrande: 85.1%.

What are the context window sizes for Beam 1.0 and Qwen2 72B Instruct?

Beam 1.0 supports 1.0M tokens and Qwen2 72B Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Beam 1.0 and Qwen2 72B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (44.6 vs 5.3), licensing (Apache 2.0 vs tongyi-qianwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Beam 1.0 and Qwen2 72B Instruct?

Beam 1.0 is developed by Reflection AI and Qwen2 72B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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