Model comparison

DBRX vs Qwen Turbo

DBRX is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.4 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

DBRX Databricks

29.4

Rank #311 Confirmed

Qwen Turbo Alibaba (Qwen)

27.1

Rank #335 Reported

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 1 category and Qwen Turbo in 1 category; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where DBRX leads 24.3 to 15.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 11.7% for DBRX and 56.2% for Qwen Turbo.
  • DBRX has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DBRX and Qwen Turbo specifications
DBRXQwen Turbo
ProviderDatabricksAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.427.1
Released2024-03-272024-11-01
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—16K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.05
Output $ / M tokens—$0.20
Results tracked213

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

DBRX: 32.9 (#266), Qwen Turbo: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXQwen Turbo
LMArena Coding1132—
HumanEval+70.1%—
MBPP+55.8%—

Reasoning Not comparable

DBRX: 21.4 (#222), Qwen Turbo: —

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXQwen Turbo
LMArena Hard Prompts1113—

Math DBRX leads

DBRX: 24.3 (#269), Qwen Turbo: 15.3 (#297)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXQwen Turbo
MATH Level 511.7%56.2%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—6.1%
LMArena Math1145—

Knowledge Qwen Turbo leads

DBRX: 14.9 (#294), Qwen Turbo: 22.2 (#272)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXQwen Turbo
GPQA Diamond32.9%41.8%
LMArena Expert1076—

Multilingual Not comparable

DBRX: 29.3 (#268), Qwen Turbo: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXQwen Turbo
LMArena Non-English1071—
LMArena Chinese1068—
LMArena French1096—
LMArena German1057—
LMArena Japanese990—
LMArena Korean993—
LMArena Russian1078—
LMArena Spanish1064—

Instruction Following Not comparable

DBRX: 57.5 (#270), Qwen Turbo: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXQwen Turbo
LMArena Instruction Following1112—

Long Context Not comparable

DBRX: 33.7 (#258), Qwen Turbo: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXQwen Turbo
LMArena Longer Query1112—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

DBRX: 33.6 (#275), Qwen Turbo: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXQwen Turbo
LMArena Text1119—
LMArena Creative Writing1104—
LMArena Multi-Turn1111—

Frequently asked questions

Is DBRX better than Qwen Turbo?

DBRX is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.4 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do DBRX and Qwen Turbo share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Turbo has 3.

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