Model comparison
Dolly 2.0-12b vs o1-mini
o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 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 1 category and o1-mini in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where o1-mini leads 48.4 to 15.2.
- Dolly 2.0-12b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Dolly 2.0-12b | o1-mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 25.5 | 34.0 |
| Released | 2023-04-11 | 2024-09-12 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 17 | 39 |
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Category by category
Coding o1-mini leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332), o1-mini: 35.5 (#224)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 776 | 1362 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 32.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 36.3% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 48% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 89% |
| MBPP+ | — | 78.8% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, o1-mini: 24.6 (#118)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | — | 10% |
Reasoning Dolly 2.0-12b leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316), o1-mini: 8.8 (#346)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | 1333 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 89.67 | 135.82 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0.8% |
| SimpleBench | — | 18.1% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 14% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 72.3% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 57.9% |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| LiveBench | — | 57.8% |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |
Math o1-mini leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251), o1-mini: 35.4 (#186)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 871 | 1358 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 46.9% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 62% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 89.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, o1-mini: 34.9 (#192)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 62.4% |
| Confabulations | — | 18.6% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1316 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |
Multilingual o1-mini leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296), o1-mini: 43.6 (#182)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | 1289 |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | 1314 |
| LMArena French | — | 1293 |
| LMArena German | — | 1278 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1245 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1223 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1283 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1303 |
Instruction Following o1-mini leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304), o1-mini: 66.7 (#206)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | 1304 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 65.4% |
Long Context Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, o1-mini: 40.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1320 |
Writing & Preference o1-mini leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311), o1-mini: 48.4 (#202)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | 1317 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | 1244 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | 1314 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 64.9% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 40.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than o1-mini?
o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Dolly 2.0-12b or o1-mini better for coding?
o1-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 23.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and o1-mini share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.