Model comparison
DBRX vs Qwen3.5-9B
Qwen3.5-9B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.8 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Databricks
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5-9B in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.5-9B leads 46.0 to 14.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 32.9% for DBRX and 79% for Qwen3.5-9B.
Side by side
| DBRX | Qwen3.5-9B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 33.8 |
| Released | 2024-03-27 | 2026-02-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.10 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5-9B leads
DBRX: 32.9 (#266), Qwen3.5-9B: 35.9 (#217)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 27.5% |
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | — |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
DBRX: —, Qwen3.5-9B: 14.5 (#151)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 9.2% |
Reasoning Qwen3.5-9B leads
DBRX: 21.4 (#222), Qwen3.5-9B: 23.1 (#182)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 12% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | — |
| DTBench | — | 71.2% |
| LMCA | — | 24.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 139.46 |
Math Qwen3.5-9B leads
DBRX: 24.3 (#269), Qwen3.5-9B: 34.8 (#192)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 48.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 61.7% |
| LMArena Math | 1145 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.5-9B leads
DBRX: 14.9 (#294), Qwen3.5-9B: 46.0 (#84)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | 79% |
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
DBRX: 29.3 (#268), Qwen3.5-9B: —
| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | — |
| LMArena French | 1096 | — |
| LMArena German | 1057 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
DBRX: 57.5 (#270), Qwen3.5-9B: —
| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
DBRX: 33.7 (#258), Qwen3.5-9B: —
| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
DBRX: 33.6 (#275), Qwen3.5-9B: —
| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is DBRX better than Qwen3.5-9B?
Qwen3.5-9B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.8 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is DBRX or Qwen3.5-9B better for coding?
Qwen3.5-9B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.9 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do DBRX and Qwen3.5-9B share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5-9B has 10.