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o4-mini vs Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

o4-mini significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

OpenAI · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

o4-mini outperforms in 1 benchmarks (MMMU), while Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks. o4-mini significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Based on current benchmark, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose o4-mini

  • you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 1 of 1 shared benchmarks
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Apr 2025

Choose Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

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

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Benchmark wins
1 of 1
0 of 1
Input price
$1.10 / M
— / M
Output price
$4.40 / M
— / M
Context window
200,000
Released
Apr 2025
Jan 2025
License
Proprietary
tongyi-qianwen

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

o4-mini outperforms in 1 benchmarks (MMMU), while Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

o4-mini significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Wed Aug 26 2026 • llm-stats.com

Arena Performance

Playground indexes and blind preference scores

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).

OpenAI
o4-mini
Input200,000 tokens
Output100,000 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Wed Aug 26 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both o4-mini and Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct support multimodal inputs.

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

o4-mini

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

o4-mini is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct uses tongyi-qianwen.

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

o4-mini

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

tongyi-qianwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

o4-mini was released on 2025-04-16, while Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct was released on 2025-01-26.

o4-mini is 3 months newer than Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct.

o4-mini

Apr 16, 2025

1.4 years ago

2mo newer
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

Jan 26, 2025

1.6 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

o4-mini has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-05-31, while Qwen2.5 VL 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 Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct's cutoff date.

o4-mini

May 2024

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against o4-mini and Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

o4-mini
✓ Preferred
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about o4-mini vs Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct.

Which is better, o4-mini or Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct?

o4-mini significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. o4-mini is made by OpenAI and Qwen2.5 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 o4-mini compare to Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct in benchmarks?

o4-mini scores AIME 2024: 93.4%, AIME 2025: 92.7%, MathVista: 84.3%, MMMU: 81.6%, GPQA: 81.4%. Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct scores DocVQA: 96.4%, Android Control Low_EM: 93.7%, ChartQA: 89.5%, OCRBench: 88.5%, AI2D: 88.4%.

What are the context window sizes for o4-mini and Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct?

o4-mini supports 200K tokens and Qwen2.5 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 o4-mini and Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct?

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

Who makes o4-mini and Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct?

o4-mini is developed by OpenAI and Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.