Model Comparison

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

OpenAI

GPT-5

OpenAI

GPT-5 is a multimodal language model developed by OpenAI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 70.1% across 35 benchmarks. It excels particularly in SWE-Lancer (IC-Diamond subset) (100.0%), COLLIE (99.0%), Tau2 telecom (96.7%). It supports a 528K 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 OpenAI's latest advancement in AI technology.

Alibaba

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

Alibaba

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is a language model developed by Alibaba. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 65.6% across 14 benchmarks. It excels particularly in GSM8k (91.6%), MT-Bench (87.5%), HumanEval (84.8%). The model shows particular specialization in math tasks with an average performance of 83.5%. It supports a 139K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 1 API provider. It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2024, it represents Alibaba's latest advancement in AI technology.

Alibaba

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

Alibaba

2024-09-19

OpenAI

GPT-5

OpenAI

2025-08-07

10 months newer

Pricing Comparison

Cost per million tokens (USD)

OpenAI

GPT-5

Input:$1.25
Output:$10.00
Alibaba

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

$10.65 cheaper
Input:$0.30
Output:$0.30

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

OpenAI

GPT-5

Larger context
Max Context:528.0K
Alibaba

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

Max Context:139.3K
Parameters:7.6B

Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

OpenAI

GPT-5

+22.4%
Average Score:87.9%
Alibaba

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

Average Score:65.6%

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

OpenAI

GPT-5

code
+27.4%
93.4%
math
55.5%
general
+13.6%
74.3%
Alibaba

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

code
66.0%
math
+28.1%
83.5%
general
60.6%
Benchmark Scores - Detailed View
Side-by-side comparison of all benchmark scores
Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison

GPT-5

2024-09-30

More recent knowledge cutoff means awareness of newer technologies and frameworks

Provider Availability & Performance

Available providers and their performance metrics

OpenAI

GPT-5

2 providers

OpenAI

Throughput: 100 tok/s
Latency: 2ms

ZeroEval

Throughput: 100 tok/s
Latency: 2ms
Alibaba

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

1 providers

Together

Throughput: 138 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms
OpenAI

GPT-5

+22.4%
Avg Score:87.9%
Providers:2
Alibaba

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

Avg Score:65.6%
Providers:1