Model Comparison

Claude Opus 4.6 vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Claude Opus 4.6 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is 27.6x cheaper per token.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Claude Opus 4.6 outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GPQA), while Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

Claude Opus 4.6 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct costs less

For input processing, Claude Opus 4.6 ($5.00/1M tokens) is 14.3x more expensive than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct ($0.35/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude Opus 4.6 ($25.00/1M tokens) is 62.5x more expensive than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct ($0.40/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude Opus 4.6 is more expensive than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct.*

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

Lowest available price from all providers
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Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.6
Input tokens$5.00
Output tokens$25.00
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 Opus 4.6 accepts 1,000,000 input tokens compared to Qwen2.5 72B Instruct's 131,072 tokens. Claude Opus 4.6 can generate longer responses up to 128,000 tokens, while Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is limited to 8,192 tokens.

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.6
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Input131,072 tokens
Output8,192 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Claude Opus 4.6 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen2.5 72B Instruct does not.

Claude Opus 4.6 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude Opus 4.6

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Opus 4.6 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 Opus 4.6

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Qwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Opus 4.6 was released on 2026-02-05, while Qwen2.5 72B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.

Claude Opus 4.6 is 17 months newer than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct.

Claude Opus 4.6

Feb 5, 2026

2 months ago

1.4yr newer
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Sep 19, 2024

1.6 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Provider Availability

Claude Opus 4.6 is available from Anthropic. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is available from DeepInfra, Hyperbolic, Fireworks, Together.

Claude Opus 4.6

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Anthropic
Input Price:Input: $5.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $25.00/1M

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

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

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Anthropic
Larger context window (1,000,000 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher GPQA score (91.3% vs 49.0%)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Less expensive input tokens
Less expensive output tokens
Has open weights

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.6
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Claude Opus 4.6 vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Claude Opus 4.6 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Claude Opus 4.6 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 benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Claude Opus 4.6 scores Vending-Bench 2: 100.0%, AIME 2025: 99.8%, Tau2 Telecom: 99.3%, Graphwalks parents >128k: 95.4%, MRCR v2 (8-needle): 93.0%. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct scores GSM8k: 95.8%, MT-Bench: 93.5%, MBPP: 88.2%, MMLU-Redux: 86.8%, HumanEval: 86.6%.
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is 14.3x cheaper for input tokens. Claude Opus 4.6 costs $5.00/M input and $25.00/M output via anthropic. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct costs $0.35/M input and $0.40/M output via deepinfra.
Claude Opus 4.6 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.
Key differences include context window (1.0M vs 131K), input pricing ($5.00 vs $0.35/M), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Qwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Claude Opus 4.6 is developed by Anthropic and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.