Model comparison
DBRX vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.
Databricks
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads 57.6 to 14.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 32.9% for DBRX and 87.4% for Qwen3.6 Max Preview.
- DBRX has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| DBRX | Qwen3.6 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 51.5 |
| Released | 2024-03-27 | 2026-04-20 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.80 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 29 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
DBRX: 32.9 (#266), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.7 (#54)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | 1471 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 76.7% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1482 |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
DBRX: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 4,254 |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
DBRX: 21.4 (#222), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 41.7 (#53)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1457 |
| SimpleBench | — | 63% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 74.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 20% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 19% |
| DTBench | — | 87.2% |
| LMCA | — | 42.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 149.24 |
Math Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
DBRX: 24.3 (#269), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.1 (#46)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1145 | 1465 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 91.1% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 23.1% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 4.2% |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
DBRX: 14.9 (#294), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#39)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | 87.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | 1478 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 52% |
Multilingual Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
DBRX: 29.3 (#268), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.2 (#48)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | 1437 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | 1487 |
| LMArena French | 1096 | 1449 |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | 1445 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | 1454 |
| LMArena German | 1057 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | — |
Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
DBRX: 57.5 (#270), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.7 (#55)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | 1438 |
Long Context Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
DBRX: 33.7 (#258), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#61)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | 1457 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
DBRX: 33.6 (#275), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 63.8 (#60)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | 1447 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | 1435 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | 1456 |
Frequently asked questions
Is DBRX better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is DBRX or Qwen3.6 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.7 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do DBRX and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?
15 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.