Model comparison
Dolly 2.0-12b vs Qwen Plus
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.
Databricks
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 1 category and Qwen Plus in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen Plus leads 52.2 to 15.2.
- Dolly 2.0-12b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 25.5 | 37.1 |
| Released | 2023-04-11 | 2024-01-25 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 20 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen Plus leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332), Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 776 | 1328 |
Reasoning Qwen Plus leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | 1317 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 63.3% |
| DTBench | — | 81.1% |
| LMCA | — | 24% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 89.67 | — |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |
Math Dolly 2.0-12b leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251), Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 871 | 1326 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 17.8% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 65.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 48.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1328 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |
Multilingual Qwen Plus leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296), Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | 1310 |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | 1347 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1251 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1323 |
Instruction Following Qwen Plus leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304), Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | 1303 |
Long Context Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1324 |
Writing & Preference Qwen Plus leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311), Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | 1326 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | 1293 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | 1336 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Qwen Plus?
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Dolly 2.0-12b or Qwen Plus better for coding?
Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 23.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Qwen Plus share?
9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.