Model comparison
DBRX vs GPT-5.5 Instant
GPT-5.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.7 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 GPT-5.5 Instant in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where GPT-5.5 Instant leads 48.9 to 14.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 32.9% for DBRX and 82.5% for GPT-5.5 Instant.
- DBRX has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| DBRX | GPT-5.5 Instant | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 42.7 |
| Released | 2024-03-27 | 2026-05-05 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 27 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-5.5 Instant leads
DBRX: 32.9 (#266), GPT-5.5 Instant: 44.3 (#74)
| Benchmark | DBRX | GPT-5.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | 1433 |
| SciCode | — | 48.6% |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |
Reasoning GPT-5.5 Instant leads
DBRX: 21.4 (#222), GPT-5.5 Instant: 24.9 (#155)
| Benchmark | DBRX | GPT-5.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1426 |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 12% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 142.52 |
Math GPT-5.5 Instant leads
DBRX: 24.3 (#269), GPT-5.5 Instant: 26.5 (#259)
| Benchmark | DBRX | GPT-5.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1145 | 1420 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 26.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 2.4% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 68.1% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |
Knowledge GPT-5.5 Instant leads
DBRX: 14.9 (#294), GPT-5.5 Instant: 48.9 (#74)
| Benchmark | DBRX | GPT-5.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | 82.5% |
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | 1409 |
Multimodal Not comparable
DBRX: —, GPT-5.5 Instant: 40.0 (#52)
| Benchmark | DBRX | GPT-5.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1250 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1403 |
Multilingual GPT-5.5 Instant leads
DBRX: 29.3 (#268), GPT-5.5 Instant: 52.8 (#80)
| Benchmark | DBRX | GPT-5.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | 1417 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | 1456 |
| LMArena French | 1096 | 1428 |
| LMArena German | 1057 | 1411 |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | 1408 |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | 1392 |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | 1431 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | 1429 |
Instruction Following GPT-5.5 Instant leads
DBRX: 57.5 (#270), GPT-5.5 Instant: 74.2 (#100)
| Benchmark | DBRX | GPT-5.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | 1406 |
Long Context GPT-5.5 Instant leads
DBRX: 33.7 (#258), GPT-5.5 Instant: 43.4 (#96)
| Benchmark | DBRX | GPT-5.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | 1422 |
Writing & Preference GPT-5.5 Instant leads
DBRX: 33.6 (#275), GPT-5.5 Instant: 61.8 (#85)
| Benchmark | DBRX | GPT-5.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | 1419 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | 1419 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | 1433 |
Frequently asked questions
Is DBRX better than GPT-5.5 Instant?
GPT-5.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.7 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is DBRX or GPT-5.5 Instant better for coding?
GPT-5.5 Instant scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.3 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do DBRX and GPT-5.5 Instant share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.5 Instant has 27.