Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning) vs Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B

Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning) 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.

GoogleGemma 4 E4B (Reasoning)On the open-weights frontier
Intelligence
8.90
Total cost
$14.7
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.

MetricGemma 4 E4B (Reasoning)Qwen2.5 Instruct 72BDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)8.97.7−13.5% Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B is 13.5% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$14.68Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)57.75s22.71s−60.7% Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B is 60.7% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.02 / $0.10$0.47 / $0.49
Input modalitiesText, Image, Speech, VideoText
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