Model comparison
DBRX vs Phi-4
Phi-4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.9 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.
Databricks
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 2 categories and Phi-4 in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Phi-4 leads 32.5 to 14.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 11.7% for DBRX and 64.9% for Phi-4.
Side by side
| DBRX | Phi-4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 30.9 |
| Released | 2024-03-27 | 2024-12-11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.07 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.14 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 37 |
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Category by category
Coding Phi-4 leads
DBRX: 32.3 (#262), Phi-4: 33.8 (#237)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | 1231 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.5% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 30.7% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 55.4% |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
DBRX: —, Phi-4: 22.6 (#120)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 28.8% |
| BALROG | — | 11.6% |
Reasoning DBRX leads
DBRX: 20.5 (#218), Phi-4: 17.0 (#287)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1220 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 47.8% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 45.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 130.43 |
| LiveBench | — | 41.6% |
Math DBRX leads
DBRX: 22.3 (#265), Phi-4: 19.6 (#279)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1145 | 1246 |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | 64.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 13.8% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 42% |
Knowledge Phi-4 leads
DBRX: 14.9 (#289), Phi-4: 32.5 (#204)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | 56.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | 1203 |
| Confabulations | — | 29.4% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 3.7% |
| MMLU | — | 84.8% |
Multilingual Phi-4 leads
DBRX: 29.4 (#263), Phi-4: 37.4 (#232)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | 1197 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | 1211 |
| LMArena French | 1095 | 1223 |
| LMArena German | 1057 | 1222 |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | 1158 |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | 1151 |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | 1209 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | 1234 |
Instruction Following Phi-4 leads
DBRX: 57.7 (#265), Phi-4: 60.6 (#246)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | 1201 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 58.4% |
Long Context Phi-4 leads
DBRX: 33.7 (#253), Phi-4: 36.9 (#221)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | 1217 |
Writing & Preference Phi-4 leads
DBRX: 33.7 (#271), Phi-4: 40.7 (#239)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | 1217 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | 1182 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | 1206 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 62.6% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 25.6% |
Frequently asked questions
Is DBRX better than Phi-4?
Phi-4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.9 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is DBRX or Phi-4 better for coding?
Phi-4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.8 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do DBRX and Phi-4 share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Phi-4 has 37.