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.

DBRX Databricks

29.4

Rank #311 Confirmed

GPT-5.5 Instant OpenAI

42.7

Rank #110 Confirmed

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 and GPT-5.5 Instant specifications
DBRXGPT-5.5 Instant
ProviderDatabricksOpenAI
Noometry Index29.442.7
Released2024-03-272026-05-05
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2127

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.5 Instant leads

DBRX: 32.9 (#266), GPT-5.5 Instant: 44.3 (#74)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGPT-5.5 Instant
LMArena Coding11321433
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)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGPT-5.5 Instant
LMArena Hard Prompts11131426
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)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGPT-5.5 Instant
LMArena Math11451420
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—26.3%
FrontierMath Tier 4—2.4%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—68.1%
MATH Level 511.7%—

Knowledge GPT-5.5 Instant leads

DBRX: 14.9 (#294), GPT-5.5 Instant: 48.9 (#74)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGPT-5.5 Instant
GPQA Diamond32.9%82.5%
LMArena Expert10761409

Multimodal Not comparable

DBRX: —, GPT-5.5 Instant: 40.0 (#52)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGPT-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)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGPT-5.5 Instant
LMArena Non-English10711417
LMArena Chinese10681456
LMArena French10961428
LMArena German10571411
LMArena Japanese9901408
LMArena Korean9931392
LMArena Russian10781431
LMArena Spanish10641429

Instruction Following GPT-5.5 Instant leads

DBRX: 57.5 (#270), GPT-5.5 Instant: 74.2 (#100)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGPT-5.5 Instant
LMArena Instruction Following11121406

Long Context GPT-5.5 Instant leads

DBRX: 33.7 (#258), GPT-5.5 Instant: 43.4 (#96)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGPT-5.5 Instant
LMArena Longer Query11121422

Writing & Preference GPT-5.5 Instant leads

DBRX: 33.6 (#275), GPT-5.5 Instant: 61.8 (#85)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGPT-5.5 Instant
LMArena Text11191419
LMArena Creative Writing11041419
LMArena Multi-Turn11111433

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.

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