Model comparison
Dolly 2.0-12b vs Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 28.6 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Databricks
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct in 3 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen2.5 7B Instruct leads 48.8 to 15.3.
Side by side
| Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 24.9 | 28.6 |
| Released | 2023-04-11 | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.17 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen2.5 7B Instruct leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.0 (#327), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 35.9 (#204)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 37.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 776 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 46.1% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 23.5 (#117)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | — | 7.8% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Dolly 2.0-12b: 14.6 (#315), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 14.3 (#317)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 88.94 | 118.44 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | — |
| DTBench | — | 47.7% |
| LMCA | — | 6.4% |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |
Math Dolly 2.0-12b leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 25.0 (#250), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 11.8 (#300)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 2.5% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 29.4% |
| LMArena Math | 871 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 17.0 (#281)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 26.2% | 72.9% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 35.5% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 53.9% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 34.1% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#291), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | — |
Instruction Following Qwen2.5 7B Instruct leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.9 (#299), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 63.4 (#226)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 74.1% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | — |
Writing & Preference Qwen2.5 7B Instruct leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#306), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 48.8 (#194)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | — |
| WildBench | — | 73.1% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Qwen2.5 7B Instruct?
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 28.6 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Dolly 2.0-12b or Qwen2.5 7B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.9 versus 23.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has 15.