Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct are closely matched at 19.4 and 14.9 on the LLM Stats Score.
Anthropic · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 19.4 and 14.9.
In the 1 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Claude 3.5 Sonnet 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 Claude 3.5 Sonnet
- you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 1 of 1 exact shared results
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2024
Choose Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
- you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Capability indexes
Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks
Individual benchmarks
19 reported for Claude 3.5 Sonnet · 15 for Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Claude 3.5 Sonnet outperforms in 1 benchmarks (ChartQA), while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Human preference
Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Claude 3.5 Sonnet specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude 3.5 Sonnet specifies output context (200,000 tokens).
Input capabilities
Documented input modalities across available providers
Both Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct support multimodal inputs.
They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
License
Usage and distribution terms
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct uses tongyi-qianwen.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Proprietary
Closed source
tongyi-qianwen
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Claude 3.5 Sonnet was released on 2024-10-22, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct was released on 2024-08-29.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is 2 months newer than Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct.
Oct 22, 2024
1.8 years ago
1mo newerAug 29, 2024
2.0 years ago
Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-06-30, while Claude 3.5 Sonnet's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct's training data extends to 2023-06-30, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude 3.5 Sonnet's cutoff date.
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Jun 2023
Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct.