Model comparison
Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Dolly 2.0-12b
Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 60.5 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
DatabricksSummary
- The widest gap is in math, where Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads 88.7 to 25.0.
- Dolly 2.0-12b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Dolly 2.0-12b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Databricks |
| Noometry Index | 60.5 | 24.9 |
| Released | 2026-09-28 | 2023-04-11 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 128K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | — |
| Results tracked | 16 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 65.5 (#6), Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.0 (#327)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierCode | 52.1% | — |
| CursorBench | 55.5% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1699 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 61.9% | — |
| SciCode | 61% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 776 |
| ALE-Bench | 1,819 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 44.9 (#14), Dolly 2.0-12b: —
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 75.5% | — |
Reasoning Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 52.4 (#29), Dolly 2.0-12b: 14.6 (#315)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 31.4% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 804 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 65% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 88.94 |
| HellaSwag | — | 70.8% |
| PIQA | — | 75.4% |
| WinoGrande | — | 61.8% |
Math Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 88.7 (#4), Dolly 2.0-12b: 25.0 (#250)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 88.8% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 80.5% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 100% | — |
| ProofBench | 100% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 871 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 66.0 (#11), Dolly 2.0-12b: —
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 95.6% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 46.5% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 39.6% |
| BoolQ | — | 56.3% |
| MMLU | — | 26.2% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 39.2% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: 53.2 (#5), Dolly 2.0-12b: —
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| Furniture Assembly | 75% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: —, Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#291)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 836 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 836 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: —, Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.9 (#299)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 814 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude Sonnet 5.5: —, Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#306)
| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 851 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 864 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 740 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 better than Dolly 2.0-12b?
Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 60.5 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 or Dolly 2.0-12b better for coding?
Claude Sonnet 5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 65.5 versus 23.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Dolly 2.0-12b share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 5.5 has 16 scored results on Noometry and Dolly 2.0-12b has 17.