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.

Dolly 2.0-12b Databricks

25.5

Rank #342 Confirmed

Qwen Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

37.1

Rank #210 Confirmed

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 and Qwen Plus specifications
Dolly 2.0-12bQwen Plus
ProviderDatabricksAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index25.537.1
Released2023-04-112024-01-25
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—33K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.40
Output $ / M tokens—$1.20
Results tracked1720

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Category by category

Coding Qwen Plus leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332), Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen Plus
LMArena Coding7761328

Reasoning Qwen Plus leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen Plus
LMArena Hard Prompts8041317
Kagi LLM Benchmark—63.3%
DTBench—81.1%
LMCA—24%
Epoch Capabilities Index89.67—
HellaSwag70.8%—
PIQA75.4%—
WinoGrande61.8%—

Math Dolly 2.0-12b leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251), Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen Plus
LMArena Math8711326
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)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen Plus
GPQA Diamond—48.1%
LMArena Expert—1328
ARC (AI2) Challenge39.6%—
BoolQ56.3%—
MMLU26.2%—
OpenBookQA39.2%—

Multilingual Qwen Plus leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296), Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen Plus
LMArena Non-English8361310
LMArena Chinese8361347
LMArena Japanese—1251
LMArena Russian—1323

Instruction Following Qwen Plus leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304), Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen Plus
LMArena Instruction Following8141303

Long Context Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen Plus
LMArena Longer Query—1324

Writing & Preference Qwen Plus leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311), Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen Plus
LMArena Text8511326
LMArena Creative Writing8641293
LMArena Multi-Turn7401336

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.

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