Model Comparison

Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Claude Sonnet 4.5 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Claude Sonnet 4.5 outperforms in 1 benchmarks (MMMUval), while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

Claude Sonnet 4.5 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 specifies output context (64,000 tokens).

Claude Sonnet 4.5

Input200,000 tokens

Output64,000 tokens

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Input- tokens

Output- tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Claude Sonnet 4.5

Text

Images

Audio

Video

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Sonnet 4.5 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.

Claude Sonnet 4.5

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

tongyi-qianwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Sonnet 4.5 was released on 2025-09-29, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct was released on 2024-08-29.

Claude Sonnet 4.5 is 13 months newer than Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct.

Claude Sonnet 4.5

Sep 29, 2025

7 months ago

1.1yr newer

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Aug 29, 2024

1.7 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Claude Sonnet 4.5 has a knowledge cutoff of 2025-01-31, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct has a cutoff of 2023-06-30.

Claude Sonnet 4.5 has more recent training data (up to 2025-01-31), making it potentially better informed about events through that date compared to Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct (2023-06-30).

Claude Sonnet 4.5

Jan 2025

1.6 yr newer

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Jun 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Claude Sonnet 4.5

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Anthropic

Larger context window (200,000 tokens)

Higher MMMUval score (77.8% vs 64.5%)

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Has open weights

Detailed Comparison

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FAQ

Common questions about Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct.

Which is better, Claude Sonnet 4.5 or Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

Claude Sonnet 4.5 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Claude Sonnet 4.5 is made by Anthropic and Qwen2-VL-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.

How does Claude Sonnet 4.5 compare to Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct in benchmarks?

Claude Sonnet 4.5 scores MMMLU: 89.1%, AIME 2025: 87.0%, TAU-bench Retail: 86.2%, GPQA: 83.4%, MMMUval: 77.8%. Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct scores DocVQAtest: 96.5%, VCR_en_easy: 91.9%, ChartQA: 88.3%, OCRBench: 87.7%, MMBench: 86.5%.

What are the context window sizes for Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

Claude Sonnet 4.5 supports 200K tokens and Qwen2-VL-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 Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

Key differences include licensing (Proprietary vs tongyi-qianwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

Claude Sonnet 4.5 is developed by Anthropic and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.