Model Comparison

Grok-4.1 Thinking vs Qwen2 72B Instruct

Comparing Grok-4.1 Thinking and Qwen2 72B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Grok-4.1 Thinking and Qwen2 72B Instruct don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Grok-4.1 Thinking specifies input context (256,000 tokens). Only Grok-4.1 Thinking specifies output context (8,000 tokens).

Grok-4.1 Thinking

Input256,000 tokens

Output8,000 tokens

Qwen2 72B Instruct

Input- tokens

Output- tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Grok-4.1 Thinking supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen2 72B Instruct does not.

Grok-4.1 Thinking can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Grok-4.1 Thinking

Text

Images

Audio

Video

Qwen2 72B Instruct

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Grok-4.1 Thinking is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen2 72B Instruct uses tongyi-qianwen.

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

Grok-4.1 Thinking

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen2 72B Instruct

tongyi-qianwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Grok-4.1 Thinking was released on 2025-11-17, while Qwen2 72B Instruct was released on 2024-07-23.

Grok-4.1 Thinking is 16 months newer than Qwen2 72B Instruct.

Grok-4.1 Thinking

Nov 17, 2025

5 months ago

1.3yr newer

Qwen2 72B Instruct

Jul 23, 2024

1.8 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

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Grok-4.1 Thinking

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xAI

Larger context window (256,000 tokens)

Supports multimodal inputs

Qwen2 72B Instruct

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Has open weights

Detailed Comparison

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FAQ

Common questions about Grok-4.1 Thinking vs Qwen2 72B Instruct.

Which is better, Grok-4.1 Thinking or Qwen2 72B Instruct?

Grok-4.1 Thinking (xAI) and Qwen2 72B Instruct (Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.

How does Grok-4.1 Thinking compare to Qwen2 72B Instruct in benchmarks?

Grok-4.1 Thinking scores Creative Writing v3: 86.1%, WMDP: 84.0%, EQ-Bench: 79.3%, ProtocolQA: 79.0%, LMArena Text Leaderboard: 74.2%. Qwen2 72B Instruct scores GSM8k: 91.1%, CMMLU: 90.1%, HellaSwag: 87.6%, HumanEval: 86.0%, Winogrande: 85.1%.

What are the context window sizes for Grok-4.1 Thinking and Qwen2 72B Instruct?

Grok-4.1 Thinking supports 256K tokens and Qwen2 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 Grok-4.1 Thinking and Qwen2 72B Instruct?

Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs tongyi-qianwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Grok-4.1 Thinking and Qwen2 72B Instruct?

Grok-4.1 Thinking is developed by xAI and Qwen2 72B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.