o4-mini vs Qwen2 72B Instruct Comparison
Comparing o4-mini and Qwen2 72B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
o4-mini outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GPQA), while Qwen2 72B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.
o4-mini significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
Cost data unavailable.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only o4-mini specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only o4-mini specifies output context (100,000 tokens).
Input Capabilities
Supported data types and modalities
o4-mini supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen2 72B Instruct does not.
o4-mini can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
o4-mini
Qwen2 72B Instruct
License
Usage and distribution terms
o4-mini 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.
Proprietary
Closed source
tongyi-qianwen
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
o4-mini was released on 2025-04-16, while Qwen2 72B Instruct was released on 2024-07-23.
o4-mini is 9 months newer than Qwen2 72B Instruct.
Apr 16, 2025
11 months ago
8mo newerJul 23, 2024
1.6 years ago
Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
o4-mini has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-05-31, while Qwen2 72B Instruct's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm o4-mini's training data extends to 2024-05-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen2 72B Instruct's cutoff date.
May 2024
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Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
o4-mini
View detailsOpenAI
Qwen2 72B Instruct
View detailsAlibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
o4-mini
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