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Qwen2 0.5B Instruct

by Alibaba · Released Jun 2024

Open Source
7.8
avg score
Rank #306
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Better than 2% of all models
Context
N/A
Input $/1M
n/a
Output $/1M
n/a
Type
text-generation
License
Open Source
Benchmarks
6 tested
Data as of
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Qwen text generation model. 496K downloads on HuggingFace.

Tested on 6 benchmarks · BenchGecko score 7.8. Top scores: IFEval (22.5%), MMLU-PRO (5.9%), BBH (HuggingFace) (5.9%).

Capabilities
reasoning
2.4
#221 globally
math
2.9
#269 globally
knowledge
3.0
#298 globally
general
5.9
#205 globally
language
22.5
#157 globally
Benchmark Scores
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Tested on 6 benchmarks · Ranked across 5 categories
Score Distribution (all 312 models)
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reasoningCompare reasoning →
MUSR

HuggingFace MuSR (Multi-Step Reasoning). Tests multi-hop reasoning requiring chaining multiple facts together.

2.4·
mathCompare math →
MATH Level 5

HuggingFace evaluation of MATH Level 5 problems. Competition math requiring advanced reasoning and proof construction.

2.9·
knowledgeCompare knowledge →
MMLU-PRO

HuggingFace MMLU-Pro. Harder version of MMLU with 10 answer choices instead of 4 and more challenging questions.

5.9·
GPQA

HuggingFace evaluation of GPQA (Graduate-Level Google-Proof Q&A). PhD-level science questions that cannot be easily searched.

0.0·
Quick compare:OpenAI logovs Gpt2 Largevs SmolLM2 135M Instructvs Distilgpt2
Excellent (85+) Good (70-85) Average (50-70) Below (<50)
Model Family · Alibaba Qwen 2
May 2024
10.8
n/an/actx6 benchmarks
Jun 2024
7.8-3.0
n/an/actx6 benchmarks
Jun 2024
23.9+16.1
n/an/actx6 benchmarks
Jun 2024
76.5+52.6
n/an/actx25 benchmarks
Aug 2024
n/an/actx
Aug 2024
64.9-11.6
n/an/actx11 benchmarks
Aug 2024
n/an/actx
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Specifications
  • Typetext-generation
  • ContextN/A
  • ReleasedJun 2024
  • LicenseOpen Source
  • StatusActive
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Qwen2 0.5B Instruct is an open-source text-generation AI model by Alibaba, released in June 2024. It has an average benchmark score of 7.8.

Related Models

Gpt2 Large · OpenAISmolLM2 135M Instruct · Hugging Face TBDistilgpt2 · DistilBERTGpt2 Medium · OpenAISmolLM2 135M · Hugging Face TB

Benchmarks

IFEvalMMLU-PROBBH (HuggingFace)MATH Level 5MUSR

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Key facts · as of 2026-04-09

  • Qwen2 0.5B Instruct by Alibaba. BenchGecko score 7.8, rank 306 of 312 scored models (normalized average of public benchmark scores).
  • List price n/a input · n/a output per 1M tokens (as of 2026-04-09).

How to cite · data as of 2026-04-09

Qwen2 0.5B Instruct · benchmarks, pricing and providers. BenchGecko, data as of 2026-04-09. https://benchgecko.ai/model/qwen-qwen2-05b-instruct

Credit "Source: BenchGecko" with a link. Prices per provider and Gecko Tests are BenchGecko data (CC BY 4.0); benchmark scores keep their original source, listed in the JSON. JSON · llms.txt · MCP