Model comparison

DBRX vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

DBRX Databricks

29.4

Rank #311 Confirmed

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Google

40.8

Rank #144 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads 60.9 to 33.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 32.9% for DBRX and 81.8% for Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite.
  • DBRX has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DBRX and Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite specifications
DBRXGemini 3.1 Flash Lite
ProviderDatabricksGoogle
Noometry Index29.440.8
Released2024-03-272026-03-03
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1.05M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.25
Output $ / M tokens—$1.50
Results tracked2138

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

DBRX: 32.9 (#266), Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 37.8 (#188)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.1 Flash Lite
LMArena Coding11321400
LMArena WebDev—1256
SciCode—41.9%
WeirdML—52.2%
ALE-Bench—797.73
HumanEval+70.1%—
MBPP+55.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DBRX: —, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 30.2 (#79)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.1 Flash Lite
DeepResearch Bench—37.3%

Reasoning Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

DBRX: 21.4 (#222), Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 22.9 (#186)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.1 Flash Lite
LMArena Hard Prompts11131407
Kagi LLM Benchmark—67.2%
NYT Connections (extended)—8.2%
CritPt—1.1%
Chess Puzzles—25%
EnigmaEval—3%
Thematic Generalization—63.3%
DTBench—76.8%
LMCA—35%
Epoch Capabilities Index—144.47
ForecastBench—54.4

Math Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

DBRX: 24.3 (#269), Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 40.7 (#90)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.1 Flash Lite
LMArena Math11451428
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—27.7%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—80%
MATH Level 511.7%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

DBRX: 14.9 (#294), Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 41.9 (#104)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.1 Flash Lite
GPQA Diamond32.9%81.8%
LMArena Expert10761398
Humanity's Last Exam—8.6%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—8.2%

Multimodal Not comparable

DBRX: —, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 39.4 (#60)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.1 Flash Lite
LMArena Vision—1240

Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

DBRX: 29.3 (#268), Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 52.3 (#86)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.1 Flash Lite
LMArena Non-English10711411
LMArena Chinese10681461
LMArena French10961424
LMArena German10571429
LMArena Japanese9901413
LMArena Korean9931392
LMArena Russian10781420
LMArena Spanish10641421

Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

DBRX: 57.5 (#270), Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 72.7 (#131)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.1 Flash Lite
LMArena Instruction Following11121377

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

DBRX: 33.7 (#258), Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 42.5 (#122)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.1 Flash Lite
LMArena Longer Query11121394

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

DBRX: 33.6 (#275), Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 60.9 (#94)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.1 Flash Lite
LMArena Text11191416
LMArena Creative Writing11041401
LMArena Multi-Turn11111417

Frequently asked questions

Is DBRX better than Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is DBRX or Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite better for coding?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.8 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DBRX and Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite has 38.

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