Model comparison

Claude Opus 4.1 vs DBRX

Claude Opus 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.0 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Claude Opus 4.1 Anthropic

41.0

Rank #142 Confirmed

DBRX Databricks

29.4

Rank #311 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Opus 4.1 scores higher in 7 categories and DBRX in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Claude Opus 4.1 leads 62.4 to 33.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 77.3% for Claude Opus 4.1 and 32.9% for DBRX.
  • DBRX has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Opus 4.1 and DBRX specifications
Claude Opus 4.1DBRX
ProviderAnthropicDatabricks
Noometry Index41.029.4
Released2025-08-052024-03-27
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window200K—
Max output32K—
Input $ / M tokens$15—
Output $ / M tokens$75—
Results tracked4821

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Category by category

Coding Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 44.4 (#73), DBRX: 32.9 (#266)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1DBRX
LMArena Coding14791132
SWE-bench Verified73.3%—
LMArena WebDev1390—
WeirdML45.9%—
ALE-Bench674.77—
AlgoTune1.34—
HumanEval+—70.1%
MBPP+—55.8%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Opus 4.1: 35.0 (#41), DBRX: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1DBRX
Terminal-Bench38%—
GDPval43.6%—
Cybench42%—
DeepResearch Bench48.3%—
LMArena Search1148—
METR Time Horizons66.8%—

Reasoning Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 32.2 (#76), DBRX: 21.4 (#222)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1DBRX
LMArena Hard Prompts14431113
SimpleBench60%—
Chess Puzzles7%—
EnigmaEval7.2%—
EBR-Bench7.9%—
Mystery Game Puzzles21%—
DTBench80%—
LMCA37.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index144.12—
ForecastBench62—

Math DBRX leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 22.3 (#277), DBRX: 24.3 (#269)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1DBRX
LMArena Math14311145
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)12.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 42.4%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202568.9%—
MATH Level 5—11.7%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)7.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 42.0 (#101), DBRX: 14.9 (#294)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1DBRX
GPQA Diamond77.3%32.9%
LMArena Expert14391076
Humanity's Last Exam11.5%—
Confabulations17.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.8%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Opus 4.1: 26.8 (#119), DBRX: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1DBRX
VPCT35%—

Multilingual Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 52.0 (#95), DBRX: 29.3 (#268)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1DBRX
LMArena Non-English14051071
LMArena Chinese14271068
LMArena French14311096
LMArena German14131057
LMArena Japanese1378990
LMArena Korean1380993
LMArena Russian14221078
LMArena Spanish14481064

Instruction Following Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 75.6 (#58), DBRX: 57.5 (#270)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1DBRX
LMArena Instruction Following14351112

Long Context Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 44.5 (#63), DBRX: 33.7 (#258)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1DBRX
LMArena Longer Query14551112

Writing & Preference Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 62.4 (#74), DBRX: 33.6 (#275)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1DBRX
LMArena Text14191119
LMArena Creative Writing14121104
LMArena Multi-Turn14441111
Short-Story Creative Writing84.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Opus 4.1 better than DBRX?

Claude Opus 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.0 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Opus 4.1 or DBRX better for coding?

Claude Opus 4.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.4 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Opus 4.1 and DBRX share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Opus 4.1 has 48 scored results on Noometry and DBRX has 21.

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