Model comparison
DBRX vs GPT-5.4 nano
GPT-5.4 nano is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
DatabricksSummary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-5.4 nano in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where GPT-5.4 nano leads 41.9 to 14.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 32.9% for DBRX and 78.5% for GPT-5.4 nano.
- DBRX has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| DBRX | GPT-5.4 nano | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 41.9 |
| Released | 2024-03-27 | 2026-03-17 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 400K |
| Max output | — | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.20 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.25 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 40 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-5.4 nano leads
DBRX: 32.9 (#266), GPT-5.4 nano: 43.6 (#84)
| Benchmark | DBRX | GPT-5.4 nano |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | 1405 |
| SciCode | — | 46.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 49.2% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,005 |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |
Reasoning GPT-5.4 nano leads
DBRX: 21.4 (#222), GPT-5.4 nano: 23.7 (#173)
| Benchmark | DBRX | GPT-5.4 nano |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1381 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 5.7% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 39.7% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 51.5% |
| CritPt | — | 9.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 30% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 9% |
| DTBench | — | 80.3% |
| LMCA | — | 36.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 145.81 |
| ForecastBench | — | 57.3 |
Math GPT-5.4 nano leads
DBRX: 24.3 (#269), GPT-5.4 nano: 40.9 (#88)
| Benchmark | DBRX | GPT-5.4 nano |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1145 | 1406 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 44.9% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 12.2% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 87.8% |
| ProofBench | — | 5% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 25.9% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 6.3% |
Knowledge GPT-5.4 nano leads
DBRX: 14.9 (#294), GPT-5.4 nano: 41.9 (#103)
| Benchmark | DBRX | GPT-5.4 nano |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | 78.5% |
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | 1396 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 11.7% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 3.1% |
Multimodal Not comparable
DBRX: —, GPT-5.4 nano: 36.7 (#78)
| Benchmark | DBRX | GPT-5.4 nano |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1196 |
Multilingual GPT-5.4 nano leads
DBRX: 29.3 (#268), GPT-5.4 nano: 48.6 (#140)
| Benchmark | DBRX | GPT-5.4 nano |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | 1359 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | 1392 |
| LMArena French | 1096 | 1396 |
| LMArena German | 1057 | 1367 |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | 1343 |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | 1320 |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | 1363 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | 1371 |
Instruction Following GPT-5.4 nano leads
DBRX: 57.5 (#270), GPT-5.4 nano: 71.9 (#144)
| Benchmark | DBRX | GPT-5.4 nano |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | 1362 |
Long Context GPT-5.4 nano leads
DBRX: 33.7 (#258), GPT-5.4 nano: 41.6 (#137)
| Benchmark | DBRX | GPT-5.4 nano |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | 1366 |
Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 nano leads
DBRX: 33.6 (#275), GPT-5.4 nano: 55.7 (#142)
| Benchmark | DBRX | GPT-5.4 nano |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | 1372 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | 1314 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | 1382 |
Frequently asked questions
Is DBRX better than GPT-5.4 nano?
GPT-5.4 nano is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is DBRX or GPT-5.4 nano better for coding?
GPT-5.4 nano scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do DBRX and GPT-5.4 nano share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.4 nano has 40.