GPT-3.5 Turbo vs Qwen2.5 7B Instruct Comparison
Comparing GPT-3.5 Turbo and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
GPT-3.5 Turbo outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is better at 3 benchmarks (GPQA, HumanEval, MATH).
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
For input processing, GPT-3.5 Turbo ($0.50/1M tokens) is 1.7x more expensive than Qwen2.5 7B Instruct ($0.30/1M tokens).
For output processing, GPT-3.5 Turbo ($1.50/1M tokens) is 5.0x more expensive than Qwen2.5 7B Instruct ($0.30/1M tokens).
In conclusion, GPT-3.5 Turbo is more expensive than Qwen2.5 7B Instruct.*
* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct accepts 131,072 input tokens compared to GPT-3.5 Turbo's 16,385 tokens. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct can generate longer responses up to 8,192 tokens, while GPT-3.5 Turbo is limited to 4,096 tokens.
License
Usage and distribution terms
GPT-3.5 Turbo is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen2.5 7B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Proprietary
Closed source
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
GPT-3.5 Turbo was released on 2023-03-21, while Qwen2.5 7B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is 18 months newer than GPT-3.5 Turbo.
Mar 21, 2023
3.0 years ago
Sep 19, 2024
1.5 years ago
1.5yr newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
GPT-3.5 Turbo has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2021-09-30, while Qwen2.5 7B Instruct's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm GPT-3.5 Turbo's training data extends to 2021-09-30, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen2.5 7B Instruct's cutoff date.
Sep 2021
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Provider Availability
GPT-3.5 Turbo is available from Azure, OpenAI. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is available from Together. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.
GPT-3.5 Turbo
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
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Detailed Comparison
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