Model comparison

Dolly 2.0-12b vs Palm 2

Palm 2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.0 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.

Dolly 2.0-12b Databricks

25.5

Rank #342 Confirmed

Palm 2 Google

30.0

Rank #298 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 0 categories and Palm 2 in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in instruction following, where Palm 2 leads 51.0 to 38.7.
  • Dolly 2.0-12b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Dolly 2.0-12b and Palm 2 specifications
Dolly 2.0-12bPalm 2
ProviderDatabricksGoogle
Noometry Index25.530.0
Released2023-04-11—
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1710

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Category by category

Coding Palm 2 leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332), Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bPalm 2
LMArena Coding776994

Reasoning Palm 2 leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316), Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bPalm 2
LMArena Hard Prompts8041005
Epoch Capabilities Index89.67—
HellaSwag70.8%—
PIQA75.4%—
WinoGrande61.8%—

Math Palm 2 leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251), Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bPalm 2
LMArena Math8711049

Knowledge Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Palm 2: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bPalm 2
ARC (AI2) Challenge39.6%—
BoolQ56.3%—
MMLU26.2%—
OpenBookQA39.2%—

Multilingual Palm 2 leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296), Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bPalm 2
LMArena Non-English836916
LMArena Chinese836887

Instruction Following Palm 2 leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304), Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bPalm 2
LMArena Instruction Following8141010

Long Context Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bPalm 2
LMArena Longer Query—1010

Writing & Preference Palm 2 leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311), Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bPalm 2
LMArena Text8511027
LMArena Creative Writing864991
LMArena Multi-Turn740994

Frequently asked questions

Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Palm 2?

Palm 2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.0 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Dolly 2.0-12b or Palm 2 better for coding?

Palm 2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 29.0 versus 23.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Palm 2 share?

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.

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