Model comparison

DBRX vs Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

DBRX and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.4 vs 29.9), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

DBRX Databricks

29.4

Rank #311 Confirmed

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Google

29.9

Rank #301 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 2 categories and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where DBRX leads 24.3 to 14.2.
  • DBRX has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DBRX and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B specifications
DBRXGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
ProviderDatabricksGoogle
Noometry Index29.429.9
Released2024-03-272024-10-03
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2121

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

DBRX: 32.9 (#266), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Coding11321218
HumanEval+70.1%—
MBPP+55.8%—

Reasoning DBRX leads

DBRX: 21.4 (#222), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Hard Prompts11131209
DTBench—50%

Math DBRX leads

DBRX: 24.3 (#269), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Math11451207
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—4.6%
MATH Level 511.7%—

Knowledge Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

DBRX: 14.9 (#294), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
GPQA Diamond32.9%33%
LMArena Expert10761185

Multimodal Not comparable

DBRX: —, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Vision—1044

Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

DBRX: 29.3 (#268), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Non-English10711215
LMArena Chinese10681231
LMArena French10961234
LMArena German10571206
LMArena Japanese9901150
LMArena Korean9931140
LMArena Russian10781236
LMArena Spanish10641212

Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

DBRX: 57.5 (#270), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Instruction Following11121199

Long Context Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

DBRX: 33.7 (#258), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Longer Query11121219

Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

DBRX: 33.6 (#275), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Text11191226
LMArena Creative Writing11041218
LMArena Multi-Turn11111185

Frequently asked questions

Is DBRX better than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B?

DBRX and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.4 vs 29.9), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Is DBRX or Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better for coding?

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DBRX and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21.

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