GPT-5 mini (High) vs Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B

GPT-5 mini (High) 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.

OpenAIGPT-5 mini (High)Off the frontier
Intelligence
16.80
Total cost
$189
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.

MetricGPT-5 mini (High)Qwen2.5 Instruct 72BDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)16.87.7−54.2% Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B is 54.2% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$188.66Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)58.74s23.24s−60.4% Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B is 60.4% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.25 / $2.00$0.47 / $0.49
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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