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GPT-5.2 vs Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

GPT-5.2 leads the LLM Stats Score 41.4 to -3.2.

OpenAI · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

GPT-5.2 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 41.4 to -3.2, ranking #51 overall.

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

Choose GPT-5.2

  • overall performance matters — it scores 41.4 and ranks #51 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Dec 2025

Choose Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

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

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Core performance indexes
41.4
#51
-3.2
#342
40.7
#49
-3.2
#334
24.0
#73
6.5
#188
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
Input price
$1.75 / M
— / M
Output price
$14.00 / M
— / M
Context window
400,000

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
GPT-5.2
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
37.8#29
-2.4#310
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

24 reported for GPT-5.2 · 19 for Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

No common benchmarks found

GPT-5.2 and Qwen2.5-Coder 7B 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

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only GPT-5.2 specifies input context (400,000 tokens). Only GPT-5.2 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

OpenAI
GPT-5.2
Input400,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Sun Sep 13 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

GPT-5.2 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct does not.

GPT-5.2 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

GPT-5.2

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

GPT-5.2 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

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

GPT-5.2

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

GPT-5.2 was released on 2025-12-11, while Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.

GPT-5.2 is 15 months newer than Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct.

GPT-5.2

Dec 11, 2025

9 months ago

1.2yr newer
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

Sep 19, 2024

2.0 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

GPT-5.2 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-08-25, while Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm GPT-5.2's training data extends to 2025-08-25, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct's cutoff date.

GPT-5.2

Aug 2025

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against GPT-5.2 and Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

GPT-5.2
✓ Preferred
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about GPT-5.2 vs Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct.

Which is better, GPT-5.2 or Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct?

GPT-5.2 leads the LLM Stats Score 41.4 to -3.2. GPT-5.2 is made by OpenAI and Qwen2.5-Coder 7B 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 GPT-5.2 compare to Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct in benchmarks?

GPT-5.2 scores AIME 2025: 100.0%, HMMT 2025: 99.4%, Tau2 Telecom: 98.7%, Graphwalks BFS <128k: 94.0%, GPQA: 92.4%. Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct scores HumanEval: 88.4%, GSM8k: 83.9%, MBPP: 83.5%, HellaSwag: 76.8%, Winogrande: 72.9%.

What are the context window sizes for GPT-5.2 and Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct?

GPT-5.2 supports 400K tokens and Qwen2.5-Coder 7B 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 GPT-5.2 and Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (41.4 vs -3.2), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes GPT-5.2 and Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct?

GPT-5.2 is developed by OpenAI and Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.