Model Comparison

Comprehensive side-by-side analysis of model capabilities and performance

Anthropic

Claude Sonnet 4.5

Anthropic

Claude Sonnet 4.5 is a multimodal language model developed by Anthropic. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 78.0% across 10 benchmarks. It excels particularly in Tau2 Telecom (98.0%), MMMLU (89.1%), AIME 2025 (87.0%). It supports a 264K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 2 API providers. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2025, it represents Anthropic's latest advancement in AI technology.

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is a language model developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 77.4% across 14 benchmarks. It excels particularly in GSM8k (95.8%), MT-Bench (93.5%), MBPP (88.2%). It supports a 139K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 4 API providers. It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2024, it represents Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team's latest advancement in AI technology.

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

2024-09-19

Anthropic

Claude Sonnet 4.5

Anthropic

2025-09-29

1 year newer

Pricing Comparison

Cost per million tokens (USD)

Anthropic

Claude Sonnet 4.5

Input:$3.00
Output:$15.00
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

$17.25 cheaper
Input:$0.35
Output:$0.40

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

Anthropic

Claude Sonnet 4.5

Larger context
Max Context:264.0K
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Max Context:139.3K
Parameters:72.7B

Average performance across 23 common benchmarks

Anthropic

Claude Sonnet 4.5

Average Score:33.9%
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

+13.2%
Average Score:47.1%

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

Anthropic

Claude Sonnet 4.5

math
87.0%
general
+10.9%
78.0%
code
50.0%
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

math
+2.5%
89.5%
general
67.0%
code
+27.9%
77.9%
Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison

Claude Sonnet 4.5

2025-01-31

More recent knowledge cutoff means awareness of newer technologies and frameworks

Provider Availability & Performance

Available providers and their performance metrics

Anthropic

Claude Sonnet 4.5

2 providers

Anthropic

Throughput: 42 tok/s
Latency: 0.4ms

ZeroEval

Throughput: 42 tok/s
Latency: 0.4ms
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

4 providers

Together

Throughput: 47 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

Hyperbolic

Throughput: 100 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

DeepInfra

Throughput: 10 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

Fireworks

Throughput: 59 tok/s
Latency: 0.37ms
Anthropic

Claude Sonnet 4.5

Avg Score:33.9%
Providers:2
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

+13.2%
Avg Score:47.1%
Providers:4