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.
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 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 40.8 |
| Released | 2024-03-27 | 2026-03-03 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1.05M |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 38 |
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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)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | 1400 |
| 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)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemini 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)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1407 |
| 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)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1145 | 1428 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 27.7% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 80% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
DBRX: 14.9 (#294), Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 41.9 (#104)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | 81.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | 1398 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 8.6% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 8.2% |
Multimodal Not comparable
DBRX: —, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 39.4 (#60)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemini 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)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | 1411 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | 1461 |
| LMArena French | 1096 | 1424 |
| LMArena German | 1057 | 1429 |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | 1413 |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | 1392 |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | 1420 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | 1421 |
Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
DBRX: 57.5 (#270), Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 72.7 (#131)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | 1377 |
Long Context Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
DBRX: 33.7 (#258), Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 42.5 (#122)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | 1394 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
DBRX: 33.6 (#275), Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 60.9 (#94)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | 1416 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | 1401 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | 1417 |
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.