Model comparison
Dolly 2.0-12b vs GPT-5.4 mini
GPT-5.4 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.0 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
DatabricksSummary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-5.4 mini in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-5.4 mini leads 64.0 to 15.2.
- Dolly 2.0-12b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Dolly 2.0-12b | GPT-5.4 mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 25.5 | 45.0 |
| Released | 2023-04-11 | 2026-03-17 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 400K |
| Max output | — | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.75 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $4.50 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 46 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-5.4 mini leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332), GPT-5.4 mini: 45.2 (#72)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 776 | 1438 |
| FrontierCode | — | 27% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1397 |
| SciCode | — | 49.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 60.3% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,189 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, GPT-5.4 mini: 29.9 (#81)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| DeepResearch Bench | — | 36.3% |
Reasoning GPT-5.4 mini leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316), GPT-5.4 mini: 30.4 (#85)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | 1424 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 89.67 | 148.84 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 18.9% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 37.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 61.8% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 63.7% |
| CritPt | — | 10% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 24% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 61.7% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 11% |
| DTBench | — | 80% |
| LMCA | — | 40.8% |
| ForecastBench | — | 57 |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |
Math GPT-5.4 mini leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251), GPT-5.4 mini: 45.5 (#75)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 871 | 1419 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 51.2% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 9.8% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 88.9% |
| ProofBench | — | 21% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 28.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 2.1% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, GPT-5.4 mini: 51.5 (#67)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 86.9% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 29.4% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.5% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1435 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, GPT-5.4 mini: 39.7 (#56)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1245 |
Multilingual GPT-5.4 mini leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296), GPT-5.4 mini: 51.9 (#96)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | 1405 |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | 1446 |
| LMArena French | — | 1440 |
| LMArena German | — | 1409 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1374 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1368 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1417 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1405 |
Instruction Following GPT-5.4 mini leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304), GPT-5.4 mini: 74.1 (#102)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | 1405 |
Long Context Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, GPT-5.4 mini: 43.0 (#112)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1407 |
Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 mini leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311), GPT-5.4 mini: 64.0 (#58)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | 1412 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | 1370 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | 1429 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1665 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than GPT-5.4 mini?
GPT-5.4 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.0 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Dolly 2.0-12b or GPT-5.4 mini better for coding?
GPT-5.4 mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 45.2 versus 23.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and GPT-5.4 mini share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.4 mini has 46.