Model comparison

Dolly 2.0-12b vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.1 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Dolly 2.0-12b Databricks

25.5

Rank #342 Confirmed

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct Alibaba (Qwen)

30.1

Rank #297 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 1 category and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads 38.7 to 23.4.

Side by side

Dolly 2.0-12b and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct specifications
Dolly 2.0-12bQwen2.5 32B Instruct
ProviderDatabricksAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index25.530.1
Released2023-04-112024-09
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—8K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.70
Output $ / M tokens—$2.80
Results tracked177

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Category by category

Coding Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 38.7 (#169)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen2.5 32B Instruct
BigCodeBench Instruct—45%
LMArena Coding776—
BigCodeBench Complete—52.3%

Reasoning Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 19.2 (#266)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen2.5 32B Instruct
Epoch Capabilities Index89.67128.52
Chess Puzzles—0%
LMArena Hard Prompts804—
HellaSwag70.8%—
PIQA75.4%—
WinoGrande61.8%—

Math Dolly 2.0-12b leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 16.2 (#296)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen2.5 32B Instruct
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—7.4%
LMArena Math871—
MATH Level 5—56.1%

Knowledge Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 24.9 (#266)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen2.5 32B Instruct
GPQA Diamond—46.1%
ARC (AI2) Challenge39.6%—
BoolQ56.3%—
MMLU26.2%—
OpenBookQA39.2%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Non-English836—
LMArena Chinese836—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following814—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Text851—
LMArena Creative Writing864—
LMArena Multi-Turn740—

Frequently asked questions

Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.1 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Dolly 2.0-12b or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct better for coding?

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.7 versus 23.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has 7.

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