Model comparison

DBRX vs StarCoder 2 3B

DBRX has enough public results to be ranked (#311); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

DBRX Databricks

29.4

Rank #311 Confirmed

StarCoder 2 3B NVIDIA

36.3

Unranked Sparse

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 0 categories and StarCoder 2 3B in 1 category, but none of those gaps is larger than the uncertainty.

Side by side

DBRX and StarCoder 2 3B specifications
DBRXStarCoder 2 3B
ProviderDatabricksNVIDIA
Noometry Index29.436.3
Released2024-03-272024-02-22
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked217

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

DBRX: 32.9 (#266), StarCoder 2 3B: 33.5

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXStarCoder 2 3B
HumanEval+70.1%27.4%
LMArena Coding1132—
BigCodeBench Complete—21.4%
MBPP+55.8%—

Reasoning Not comparable

DBRX: 21.4 (#222), StarCoder 2 3B: —

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXStarCoder 2 3B
LMArena Hard Prompts1113—
Epoch Capabilities Index—88.76
WinoGrande—57.1%

Math Not comparable

DBRX: 24.3 (#269), StarCoder 2 3B: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXStarCoder 2 3B
LMArena Math1145—
MATH Level 511.7%—
GSM8K—21.6%

Knowledge Not comparable

DBRX: 14.9 (#294), StarCoder 2 3B: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXStarCoder 2 3B
GPQA Diamond32.9%—
LMArena Expert1076—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—34.2%
MMLU—36.6%

Multilingual Not comparable

DBRX: 29.3 (#268), StarCoder 2 3B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXStarCoder 2 3B
LMArena Non-English1071—
LMArena Chinese1068—
LMArena French1096—
LMArena German1057—
LMArena Japanese990—
LMArena Korean993—
LMArena Russian1078—
LMArena Spanish1064—

Instruction Following Not comparable

DBRX: 57.5 (#270), StarCoder 2 3B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXStarCoder 2 3B
LMArena Instruction Following1112—

Long Context Not comparable

DBRX: 33.7 (#258), StarCoder 2 3B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXStarCoder 2 3B
LMArena Longer Query1112—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

DBRX: 33.6 (#275), StarCoder 2 3B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXStarCoder 2 3B
LMArena Text1119—
LMArena Creative Writing1104—
LMArena Multi-Turn1111—

Frequently asked questions

Is DBRX better than StarCoder 2 3B?

DBRX has enough public results to be ranked (#311); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Is DBRX or StarCoder 2 3B better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (32.9 vs 33.5); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do DBRX and StarCoder 2 3B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 3B has 7.

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