Claude Opus 5 (Max) vs Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B

Claude Opus 5 (Max) 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 (Max)Off the frontier
Intelligence
50.80
Total cost
$7275
AlibabaQwen2.5 Instruct 72BNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
7.70
Total cost
-
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 (Max)Qwen2.5 Instruct 72BDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)50.87.7−84.8% Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B is 84.8% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$7,274.74Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)50.36s22.71s−54.9% Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B is 54.9% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$5.00 / $25.0$0.47 / $0.49
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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