Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) vs Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B

Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) vs Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)On the frontier
Intelligence
57.60
Total cost
$8708
AlibabaQwen2.5 Instruct 72BNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
7.70
Total cost
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Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricClaude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)Qwen2.5 Instruct 72BDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)57.67.7−86.6% Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B is 86.6% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$8,708.20Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)626.13s22.71s−96.4% Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B is 96.4% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$4.00 / $20.0$0.47 / $0.49
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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