Noometry

Model comparison

Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs DBRX

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.9 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Claude Sonnet 5.5 Anthropic

61.9

Rank #10 Confirmed

DBRX Databricks

29.4

Rank #311 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Sonnet 5.5 scores higher in 8 categories and DBRX in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads 87.9 to 24.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 95.6% for Claude Sonnet 5.5 and 32.9% for DBRX.
  • DBRX has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Sonnet 5.5DBRX
ProviderAnthropicDatabricks
Noometry Index61.929.4
Released2026-09-282024-03-27
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked3221

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Category by category

Coding Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 67.3 (#6), DBRX: 32.9 (#266)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5DBRX
LMArena Coding15131132
FrontierCode52.1%—
CursorBench55.5%—
LMArena WebDev1774—
FrontierSWE61.9%—
SciCode61%—
ALE-Bench1,819—
HumanEval+—70.1%
MBPP+—55.8%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 45.0 (#16), DBRX: —

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5DBRX
APEX-Agents75.5%—

Reasoning Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 54.0 (#28), DBRX: 21.4 (#222)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5DBRX
LMArena Hard Prompts14951113
NYT Connections (extended)80.5%—
CritPt31.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles65%—
Epoch Capabilities Index165.03—

Math Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 87.9 (#6), DBRX: 24.3 (#269)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5DBRX
LMArena Math15101145
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)88.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 480.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench100%—
MATH Level 5—11.7%
FrontierMath Erdős2.9%—

Knowledge Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 66.0 (#12), DBRX: 14.9 (#294)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5DBRX
GPQA Diamond95.6%32.9%
LMArena Expert15401076
SimpleQA Verified46.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 51.5 (#6), DBRX: —

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5DBRX
LMArena Vision1289—
Furniture Assembly75%—

Multilingual Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 55.3 (#30), DBRX: 29.3 (#268)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5DBRX
LMArena Non-English14521071
LMArena Chinese15221068
LMArena Russian14511078
LMArena French—1096
LMArena German—1057
LMArena Japanese—990
LMArena Korean—993
LMArena Spanish—1064

Instruction Following Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 78.3 (#11), DBRX: 57.5 (#270)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5DBRX
LMArena Instruction Following14951112

Long Context Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 45.9 (#28), DBRX: 33.7 (#258)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5DBRX
LMArena Longer Query14981112

Writing & Preference Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 66.0 (#40), DBRX: 33.6 (#275)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5DBRX
LMArena Text14711119
LMArena Creative Writing14651104
LMArena Multi-Turn14741111

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 better than DBRX?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.9 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 or DBRX better for coding?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 67.3 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Sonnet 5.5 and DBRX share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 5.5 has 32 scored results on Noometry and DBRX has 21.

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