Model comparison

DBRX vs QwQ-32B

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

DBRX Databricks

29.4

Rank #311 Confirmed

QwQ-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

39.8

Rank #159 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 0 categories and QwQ-32B in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where QwQ-32B leads 37.2 to 14.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 32.9% for DBRX and 65.3% for QwQ-32B.

Side by side

DBRX and QwQ-32B specifications
DBRXQwQ-32B
ProviderDatabricksAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.439.8
Released2024-03-272024-11-28
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2136

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Category by category

Coding QwQ-32B leads

DBRX: 32.9 (#266), QwQ-32B: 35.4 (#226)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXQwQ-32B
LMArena Coding11321333
Aider Polyglot—20.9%
BigCodeBench Instruct—44.6%
LiveBench Coding—72.2%
BigCodeBench Complete—54.4%
HumanEval+70.1%—
MBPP+55.8%—

Reasoning QwQ-32B leads

DBRX: 21.4 (#222), QwQ-32B: 23.7 (#174)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXQwQ-32B
LMArena Hard Prompts11131325
Chess Puzzles—5%
LiveBench Reasoning—83.5%
LiveBench Data Analysis—65%
Epoch Capabilities Index—137.6
ForecastBench—58.3
LiveBench—72%

Math QwQ-32B leads

DBRX: 24.3 (#269), QwQ-32B: 38.0 (#143)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXQwQ-32B
LMArena Math11451359
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—59.2%
LiveBench Math—77.8%
MATH Level 511.7%—

Knowledge QwQ-32B leads

DBRX: 14.9 (#294), QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#158)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXQwQ-32B
GPQA Diamond32.9%65.3%
LMArena Expert10761324
Confabulations—15.6%

Multilingual QwQ-32B leads

DBRX: 29.3 (#268), QwQ-32B: 44.8 (#176)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXQwQ-32B
LMArena Non-English10711305
LMArena Chinese10681378
LMArena French10961336
LMArena German10571313
LMArena Japanese9901262
LMArena Korean9931279
LMArena Russian10781297
LMArena Spanish10641354

Instruction Following QwQ-32B leads

DBRX: 57.5 (#270), QwQ-32B: 72.6 (#137)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXQwQ-32B
LMArena Instruction Following11121297
LiveBench Instruction Following—81.8%

Long Context QwQ-32B leads

DBRX: 33.7 (#258), QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXQwQ-32B
LMArena Longer Query11121308
Fiction.LiveBench—83.3%

Writing & Preference QwQ-32B leads

DBRX: 33.6 (#275), QwQ-32B: 50.6 (#180)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXQwQ-32B
LMArena Text11191329
LMArena Creative Writing11041288
LMArena Multi-Turn11111314
Short-Story Creative Writing—80.2%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1257
LiveBench Language—51.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is DBRX better than QwQ-32B?

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is DBRX or QwQ-32B better for coding?

QwQ-32B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.4 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DBRX and QwQ-32B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.

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