o1-preview vs Qwen2.5 7B Instruct Comparison

Comparing o1-preview and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

3 benchmarks

o1-preview outperforms in 3 benchmarks (GPQA, LiveBench, MATH), while Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

o1-preview significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct costs less

For input processing, o1-preview ($15.00/1M tokens) is 50.0x more expensive than Qwen2.5 7B Instruct ($0.30/1M tokens).

For output processing, o1-preview ($60.00/1M tokens) is 200.0x more expensive than Qwen2.5 7B Instruct ($0.30/1M tokens).

In conclusion, o1-preview is more expensive than Qwen2.5 7B Instruct.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers

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o1-preview

Input tokens$15.00

Output tokens$60.00

Best providerOpenAI

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

Input tokens$0.30

Output tokens$0.30

Best providerTogether

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct accepts 131,072 input tokens compared to o1-preview's 128,000 tokens. o1-preview can generate longer responses up to 32,768 tokens, while Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is limited to 8,192 tokens.

o1-preview

Input128,000 tokens

Output32,768 tokens

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

Input131,072 tokens

Output8,192 tokens

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License

Usage and distribution terms

o1-preview 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.

o1-preview

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

o1-preview was released on 2024-09-12, while Qwen2.5 7B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is 0 month newer than o1-preview.

o1-preview

Sep 12, 2024

1.5 years ago

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

Sep 19, 2024

1.5 years ago

1w newer

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

o1-preview is available from OpenAI, Azure. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is available from Together. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.