Noometry

Model comparison

DBRX vs Qwen3 Max

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

DBRX Databricks

29.4

Rank #311 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.7

Rank #87 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3 Max in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3 Max leads 48.1 to 14.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 11.7% for DBRX and 97.1% for Qwen3 Max.
  • DBRX has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DBRXQwen3 Max
ProviderDatabricksAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.443.7
Released2024-03-272025-09-23
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.20
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked2133

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3 Max leads

DBRX: 32.9 (#266), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)

BenchmarkDBRXQwen3 Max
LMArena Coding11321456
ALE-Bench—370.45
HumanEval+70.1%—
MBPP+55.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DBRX: —, Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkDBRXQwen3 Max
Vending-Bench 2—71.56

Reasoning Qwen3 Max leads

DBRX: 21.4 (#222), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)

BenchmarkDBRXQwen3 Max
LMArena Hard Prompts11131448
Kagi LLM Benchmark—72.5%
NYT Connections (extended)—30.1%
Chess Puzzles—4%
Mystery Game Puzzles—5%
DTBench—82.1%
LMCA—28.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index—142.38

Math Qwen3 Max leads

DBRX: 24.3 (#269), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)

BenchmarkDBRXQwen3 Max
LMArena Math11451446
MATH Level 511.7%97.1%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—18.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—73.3%

Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads

DBRX: 14.9 (#294), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)

BenchmarkDBRXQwen3 Max
GPQA Diamond32.9%72.6%
LMArena Expert10761455
SimpleQA Verified—48.7%

Multilingual Qwen3 Max leads

DBRX: 29.3 (#268), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)

BenchmarkDBRXQwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English10711429
LMArena Chinese10681478
LMArena French10961449
LMArena German10571463
LMArena Japanese9901397
LMArena Korean9931399
LMArena Russian10781428
LMArena Spanish10641462

Instruction Following Qwen3 Max leads

DBRX: 57.5 (#270), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)

BenchmarkDBRXQwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following11121419

Long Context Qwen3 Max leads

DBRX: 33.7 (#258), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)

BenchmarkDBRXQwen3 Max
LMArena Longer Query11121438
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
CL-bench—14.5%

Writing & Preference Qwen3 Max leads

DBRX: 33.6 (#275), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)

BenchmarkDBRXQwen3 Max
LMArena Text11191439
LMArena Creative Writing11041402
LMArena Multi-Turn11111446

Frequently asked questions

Is DBRX better than Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is DBRX or Qwen3 Max better for coding?

Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.0 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DBRX and Qwen3 Max share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.

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