Compare/Qwen2 Instruct 72B vs GPT-5.4 nano (Non-Reasoning)

Qwen2 Instruct 72BvsGPT-5.4 nano (Non-Reasoning)

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

Alibaba

Qwen2 Instruct 72B

Input
$0/M
Output
$0/M
Speed
TTFT
OpenAI

GPT-5.4 nano (Non-Reasoning)

Input
$0.2/M
Output
$1.25/M
Speed
177 tok/s
TTFT
0.47s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Qwen2 Instruct 72B
Faster (tok/s)
GPT-5.4 nano (Non-Reasoning)
Lower Latency
Qwen2 Instruct 72B
Benchmarks (3-7)
GPT-5.4 nano (Non-Reasoning)

Pricing Comparison

MetricQwen2 Instruct 72BGPT-5.4 nano (Non-Reasoning)
Input ($/M tokens)$0$0.2
Output ($/M tokens)$0$1.25
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Qwen2 Instruct 72B$0.00
GPT-5.4 nano (Non-Reasoning)$0.33

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Qwen2 Instruct 72B
GPT-5.4 nano (Non-Reasoning)
177 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Qwen2 Instruct 72B
GPT-5.4 nano (Non-Reasoning)
0.47s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
11.724.4
Coding Index
27.9
Math Index
GPQA Diamond
37.1%55.8%
MMLU-Pro
62.2%
LiveCodeBench
15.9%
AIME 2025
MATH-500
70.1%
Humanity's Last Exam
3.7%4.2%
SciCode
22.9%35.2%
IFBench
32.7%
TerminalBench
24.2%
Qwen2 Instruct 72B3 wins
7 winsGPT-5.4 nano (Non-Reasoning)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Qwen2 Instruct 72B or GPT-5.4 nano (Non-Reasoning)?

Qwen2 Instruct 72B is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.00/M tokens vs $0.46/M for GPT-5.4 nano (Non-Reasoning).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

GPT-5.4 nano (Non-Reasoning) wins 7 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 3 for Qwen2 Instruct 72B. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

GPT-5.4 nano (Non-Reasoning) generates tokens faster at 177 tok/s vs 0 tok/s. Qwen2 Instruct 72B also has lower time-to-first-token (0.00s vs 0.47s).

When should I use Qwen2 Instruct 72B vs GPT-5.4 nano (Non-Reasoning)?

Choose based on your priorities: Qwen2 Instruct 72B for lower cost, GPT-5.4 nano (Non-Reasoning) for stronger benchmark performance, and GPT-5.4 nano (Non-Reasoning) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.