ERNIE 4.5 vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct Comparison

Comparing ERNIE 4.5 and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

5 benchmarks

ERNIE 4.5 outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GPQA), while Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is better at 4 benchmarks (GSM8k, MATH, MMLU-Pro, MMLU-Redux).

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct 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, ERNIE 4.5 ($0.40/1M tokens) is 1.1x more expensive than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct ($0.35/1M tokens).

For output processing, ERNIE 4.5 ($4.00/1M tokens) is 10.0x more expensive than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct ($0.40/1M tokens).

In conclusion, ERNIE 4.5 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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ERNIE 4.5

Input tokens$0.40

Output tokens$4.00

Best providerNovita

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Input tokens$0.35

Output tokens$0.40

Best providerDeepinfra

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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

51.7B diff

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct has 51.7B more parameters than ERNIE 4.5, making it 246.2% larger.

ERNIE 4.5

21.0Bparameters

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

72.7Bparameters

21.0B

ERNIE 4.5

72.7B

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct accepts 131,072 input tokens compared to ERNIE 4.5's 128,000 tokens. ERNIE 4.5 can generate longer responses up to 65,536 tokens, while Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is limited to 8,192 tokens.

ERNIE 4.5

Input128,000 tokens

Output65,536 tokens

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Input131,072 tokens

Output8,192 tokens

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License

Usage and distribution terms

ERNIE 4.5 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.

ERNIE 4.5

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Qwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

ERNIE 4.5 was released on 2025-06-25, while Qwen2.5 72B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.

ERNIE 4.5 is 9 months newer than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct.

ERNIE 4.5

Jun 25, 2025

8 months ago

9mo newer

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Sep 19, 2024

1.5 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

ERNIE 4.5 is available from Novita. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is available from DeepInfra, Hyperbolic, Fireworks, Together. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.