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Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Claude Haiku 5.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 50.3 to 12.1. Claude Haiku 5.5 is 1.8x cheaper per token.

Anthropic · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude Haiku 5.5 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 50.3 to 12.1, ranking #18 overall.

On price, Claude Haiku 5.5 is roughly 1.8x cheaper per token on a blended 3:1 input/output basis, which adds up quickly at production volume.

Claude Haiku 5.5 also accepts a larger context window (1,000,000 input tokens), making it the stronger choice for long documents and large codebases.

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

Choose Claude Haiku 5.5

  • overall performance matters — it scores 50.3 and ranks #18 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • cost matters — it's about 1.8x cheaper per token
  • you process long inputs — it offers a 1,000,000 token context window
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

Choose Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude Haiku 5.5
Anthropic
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
50.3
#18
12.1
#268
Reasoning
47.4
#26
12.2
#260
Coding
40.7
#13
9.1
#188
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.10 / M
$0.35 / M
Output price
$0.50 / M
$0.40 / M
Context window
1,000,000
131,072

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Claude Haiku 5.5
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Math
25.7#110
17.8#196
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

36 reported for Claude Haiku 5.5 · 14 for Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

No common benchmarks found

Claude Haiku 5.5 and Qwen2.5 72B Instructdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Claude Haiku 5.5 costs less

For input processing, Claude Haiku 5.5 ($0.10/1M tokens) is 3.5x cheaper than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct ($0.35/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude Haiku 5.5 ($0.50/1M tokens) is 1.3x more expensive than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct ($0.40/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is more expensive than Claude Haiku 5.5.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers
Wed Oct 07 2026 • llm-stats.com
Anthropic
Claude Haiku 5.5
Input tokens$0.10
Output tokens$0.50
Best providerAnthropic
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Input tokens$0.35
Output tokens$0.40
Best providerDeepinfra
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Claude Haiku 5.5 accepts 1,000,000 input tokens compared to Qwen2.5 72B Instruct's 131,072 tokens. Claude Haiku 5.5 can generate longer responses up to 128,000 tokens, while Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is limited to 8,192 tokens.

Anthropic
Claude Haiku 5.5
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Input131,072 tokens
Output8,192 tokens
Wed Oct 07 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Claude Haiku 5.5 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen2.5 72B Instruct does not.

Claude Haiku 5.5 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude Haiku 5.5

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Haiku 5.5 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen2.5 72B Instruct uses Qwen.

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

Claude Haiku 5.5

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Qwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Haiku 5.5 was released on 2026-10-07, while Qwen2.5 72B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.

Claude Haiku 5.5 is 25 months newer than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct.

Claude Haiku 5.5

Oct 7, 2026

0 days ago

2.0yr newer
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Sep 19, 2024

2.0 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Claude Haiku 5.5 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2026-06-01, while Qwen2.5 72B Instruct's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Claude Haiku 5.5's training data extends to 2026-06-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen2.5 72B Instruct's cutoff date.

Claude Haiku 5.5

Jun 2026

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

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Provider Availability

Claude Haiku 5.5 is available from Anthropic. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is available from DeepInfra, Hyperbolic, Fireworks, Together.

Claude Haiku 5.5

anthropic logo
Anthropic
Input Price:Input: $0.10/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.50/1M

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

deepinfra logo
Deepinfra
Input Price:Input: $0.35/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.40/1M
hyperbolic logo
Hyperbolic
Input Price:Input: $0.40/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.40/1M
fireworks logo
Fireworks
Input Price:Input: $0.89/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.89/1M
together logo
Together
Input Price:Input: $1.20/1MOutput Price:Output: $1.20/1M
* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude Haiku 5.5 and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude Haiku 5.5
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Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct.

Which is better, Claude Haiku 5.5 or Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?

Claude Haiku 5.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 50.3 to 12.1. Claude Haiku 5.5 is made by Anthropic and Qwen2.5 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 Claude Haiku 5.5 compare to Qwen2.5 72B Instruct in benchmarks?

Claude Haiku 5.5 scores Global-MMLU: 87.8%, MILU: 87.6%, BenchCAD (with Python tool): 87.0%, Chartography: 86.2%, SWE-bench Multilingual: 83.7%. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct scores GSM8k: 95.8%, MT-Bench: 93.5%, MBPP: 88.2%, MMLU-Redux: 86.8%, HumanEval: 86.6%.

Is Claude Haiku 5.5 cheaper than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?

Claude Haiku 5.5 is 3.5x cheaper for input tokens. Claude Haiku 5.5 costs $0.10/M input and $0.50/M output via anthropic. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct costs $0.35/M input and $0.40/M output via deepinfra.

What are the context window sizes for Claude Haiku 5.5 and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?

Claude Haiku 5.5 supports 1.0M tokens and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct supports 131K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Claude Haiku 5.5 and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (50.3 vs 12.1), context window (1.0M vs 131K), input pricing ($0.10 vs $0.35/M), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Qwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude Haiku 5.5 and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?

Claude Haiku 5.5 is developed by Anthropic and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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