Model comparison
DBRX vs Qwen3.5 Plus
Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 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 Plus in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.5 Plus leads 46.0 to 14.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 32.9% for DBRX and 84.8% for Qwen3.5 Plus.
- DBRX has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| DBRX | Qwen3.5 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 42.9 |
| Released | 2024-03-27 | 2026-02-16 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.40 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
DBRX: 32.9 (#266), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 621.92 |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
DBRX: —, Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 0.54 |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Plus leads
DBRX: 21.4 (#222), Qwen3.5 Plus: 32.8 (#74)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 22% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 17% |
| DTBench | — | 80.5% |
| LMCA | — | 36.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 146.78 |
Math Qwen3.5 Plus leads
DBRX: 24.3 (#269), Qwen3.5 Plus: 49.6 (#61)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| LMArena Math | 1145 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 21% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 2.1% |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Plus leads
DBRX: 14.9 (#294), Qwen3.5 Plus: 46.0 (#83)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | 84.8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 25.4% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 10.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
DBRX: 29.3 (#268), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Plus: —
| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | — |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Plus leads
DBRX: 33.7 (#258), Qwen3.5 Plus: 43.0 (#113)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | — | 19.8% |
| CL-bench Life | — | 12.4% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
DBRX: 33.6 (#275), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is DBRX better than Qwen3.5 Plus?
Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do DBRX and Qwen3.5 Plus share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Plus has 15.