Model Comparison

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct vs Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

3 benchmarks

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct is better at 3 benchmarks (ChartQA, MMMU-Pro, TextVQA).

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

16.6B diff

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct has 16.6B more parameters than Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct, making it 22.6% larger.

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct

90.0Bparameters

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

73.4Bparameters

90.0B

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct

73.4B

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Llama 3.2 90B Instruct specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Llama 3.2 90B Instruct specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct

Input128,000 tokens

Output128,000 tokens

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Input- tokens

Output- tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Llama 3.2 90B Instruct and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct support multimodal inputs.

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

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct

Text

Images

Audio

Video

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct is licensed under Llama 3.2, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct uses tongyi-qianwen.

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

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct

Llama 3.2

Open weights

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

tongyi-qianwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct was released on 2024-09-25, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct was released on 2024-08-29.

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct is 1 month newer than Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct.

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct

Sep 25, 2024

1.7 years ago

3w newer

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Aug 29, 2024

1.7 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-06-30, while Llama 3.2 90B Instruct's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct's training data extends to 2023-06-30, but cannot make a direct comparison without Llama 3.2 90B Instruct's cutoff date.

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct

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Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Jun 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Higher ChartQA score (88.3% vs 85.5%)

Higher MMMU-Pro score (46.2% vs 45.2%)

Higher TextVQA score (85.5% vs 73.5%)

Detailed Comparison

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Feature	Llama 3.2 90B Instruct	Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Llama 3.2 90B Instruct vs Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct.

Which is better, Llama 3.2 90B Instruct or Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Llama 3.2 90B Instruct is made by Meta 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 Llama 3.2 90B Instruct compare to Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct in benchmarks?

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct scores AI2D: 92.3%, DocVQA: 90.1%, MGSM: 86.9%, MMLU: 86.0%, ChartQA: 85.5%. 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 Llama 3.2 90B Instruct and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct supports 128K 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 Llama 3.2 90B Instruct and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

Key differences include licensing (Llama 3.2 vs tongyi-qianwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Llama 3.2 90B Instruct and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct is developed by Meta and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.