Noometry

Model comparison

DBRX vs Gemini 3.5 Flash

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

DBRX Databricks

29.4

Rank #311 Confirmed

Gemini 3.5 Flash Google

54.2

Rank #32 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 3.5 Flash in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.5 Flash leads 66.3 to 14.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 32.9% for DBRX and 92.8% for Gemini 3.5 Flash.
  • DBRX has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DBRXGemini 3.5 Flash
ProviderDatabricksGoogle
Noometry Index29.454.2
Released2024-03-272026-05-19
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1.05M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.50
Output $ / M tokens—$9
Results tracked2154

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

DBRX: 32.9 (#266), Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.4 (#49)

BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.5 Flash
LMArena Coding11321492
SWE-bench Verified—79.3%
DeepSWE—37.4%
LMArena WebDev—1499
SciCode—53.1%
WeirdML—62.6%
ALE-Bench—911.02
HumanEval+70.1%—
MBPP+55.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DBRX: —, Gemini 3.5 Flash: 24.7 (#114)

BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.5 Flash
APEX-Agents—27.5%
GBAEval—6.7%
GDP.pdf—14%
Vending-Bench 2—5,396

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

DBRX: 21.4 (#222), Gemini 3.5 Flash: 62.8 (#18)

BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.5 Flash
LMArena Hard Prompts11131488
ARC-AGI-2—72.1%
SimpleBench—76.7%
NYT Connections (extended)—92.6%
ARC-AGI-1—92.5%
CritPt—13.1%
Chess Puzzles—50%
EnigmaEval—25.4%
EBR-Bench—4.8%
Mystery Game Puzzles—32%
DTBench—94.7%
LMCA—47.1%
Surface Evolver Bench—58.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index—154.46
ForecastBench—59

Math Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

DBRX: 24.3 (#269), Gemini 3.5 Flash: 60.7 (#36)

BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.5 Flash
LMArena Math11451504
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—62.8%
FrontierMath Tier 4—26.8%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—76.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—95.6%
ProofBench—31%
MATH Level 511.7%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—39%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—14.6%

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

DBRX: 14.9 (#294), Gemini 3.5 Flash: 66.3 (#11)

BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.5 Flash
GPQA Diamond32.9%92.8%
LMArena Expert10761495
SimpleQA Verified—66.2%

Multimodal Not comparable

DBRX: —, Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#15)

BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.5 Flash
LMArena Vision—1310
Blueprint-Bench 2—33.6%
LMArena Document—1463

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

DBRX: 29.3 (#268), Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.0 (#13)

BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.5 Flash
LMArena Non-English10711476
LMArena Chinese10681526
LMArena French10961490
LMArena German10571492
LMArena Japanese9901486
LMArena Korean9931451
LMArena Russian10781493
LMArena Spanish10641480

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

DBRX: 57.5 (#270), Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.0 (#30)

BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.5 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following11121467

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

DBRX: 33.7 (#258), Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.4 (#38)

BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.5 Flash
LMArena Longer Query11121482

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

DBRX: 33.6 (#275), Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#47)

BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.5 Flash
LMArena Text11191482
LMArena Creative Writing11041470
LMArena Multi-Turn11111481
EQ-Bench 4—1087

Frequently asked questions

Is DBRX better than Gemini 3.5 Flash?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is DBRX or Gemini 3.5 Flash better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.4 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DBRX and Gemini 3.5 Flash share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54.

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