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Qwen1.5-72B

Qwen1.5-72B is an Alibaba proprietary model, released 4 Feb 2024. Its best configuration ranks #655 of 785 on the BenchLeader Index at 40.6 ±4.7, in the lower half. The ± is the point: 278 other configurations score within that range, so they and this one cannot be told apart on quality alone — price and speed are what separate them. It scores highest in coding (38) and lowest in reasoning (28). Last measured 22 Oct 2026.

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Released
4 Feb 2024
How it scores by categoryDashed line = average model (50). One step of 15 = one standard deviation.
  1. Overall index41
  2. Reasoning28
  3. Coding38
  4. Maths37
  5. Human preference37

How its index has moved

19 Sept 2026 to 21 Oct 2026
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The index is recomputed from scratch every day, so a line moves when a new benchmark result lands, when a publisher revises a score, or when the models it is normalised against change. Early movement usually means the score is still settling.

Benchmark results

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Reasoning

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GPQA Diamond28.8%#273Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub
Arena Hard Prompts1240#295Arena (LMArena)

Coding

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Arena Coding1275#291Arena (LMArena)

Maths

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Arena Maths1209#289Arena (LMArena)

Instruction following

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Arena Instruction Followingnot in index1212#296Arena (LMArena)

Human preference

Benchmarknot statedSourceTrend
Arena Text1234#296Arena (LMArena)
Arena Creative Writingnot in index1188#302Arena (LMArena)
Arena Multi-turnnot in index1218#289Arena (LMArena)
Arena Longer Queriesnot in index1238#293Arena (LMArena)

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Questions people ask

What are Qwen1.5-72B's benchmark scores?
As of 25 Oct 2026, Qwen1.5-72B scores 40.6 ±4.7 on the BenchLeader Index, strongest in coding (38) and weakest in reasoning (28). That rests on 5 independent benchmark results, and every score on this page links to its publisher.
How does Qwen1.5-72B rank?
Qwen1.5-72B is #655 of 785 ranked configurations on 25 Oct 2026. 278 other configurations score within its margin, so the exact position matters less than the band. The leader is Claude Opus 5.5 (max effort) at 72.6.
When was Qwen1.5-72B released?
Alibaba released Qwen1.5-72B on 4 Feb 2024.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026. Compare with another model.

Cite as: BenchLeader, “Qwen1.5-72B: benchmarks, pricing, speed and rank”, data as of 25 Oct 2026, https://www.benchleader.com/models/qwen1-5-72b.