Model comparison

Dolly 2.0-12b vs Qwen2-72B

Qwen2-72B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.5 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Dolly 2.0-12b Databricks

24.9

Rank #339 Confirmed

Qwen2-72B Alibaba (Qwen)

29.5

Rank #294 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen2-72B in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen2-72B leads 41.0 to 15.3.

Side by side

Dolly 2.0-12b and Qwen2-72B specifications
Dolly 2.0-12bQwen2-72B
ProviderDatabricksAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index24.929.5
Released2023-04-112024-06-07
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1726

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Category by category

Coding Qwen2-72B leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.0 (#327), Qwen2-72B: 28.7 (#303)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen2-72B
LMArena Coding7761196
WeirdML—11.3%
BigCodeBench Instruct—38.5%
BigCodeBench Complete—54%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Qwen2-72B: 16.9 (#138)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen2-72B
TheAgentCompany—1.1%
METR Time Horizons—29.9%

Reasoning Qwen2-72B leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 14.6 (#315), Qwen2-72B: 22.2 (#184)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen2-72B
LMArena Hard Prompts8041191
Epoch Capabilities Index88.94125.27
HellaSwag70.8%—
PIQA75.4%—
WinoGrande61.8%—

Math Qwen2-72B leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 25.0 (#250), Qwen2-72B: 27.9 (#232)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen2-72B
LMArena Math8711235
MATH Level 5—39.1%

Knowledge Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Qwen2-72B: 21.2 (#270)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen2-72B
MMLU26.2%82.4%
GPQA Diamond—40.8%
LMArena Expert—1171
ARC (AI2) Challenge39.6%—
BoolQ56.3%—
OpenBookQA39.2%—

Multilingual Qwen2-72B leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#291), Qwen2-72B: 36.0 (#239)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen2-72B
LMArena Non-English8361176
LMArena Chinese8361240
LMArena French—1169
LMArena German—1151
LMArena Japanese—1111
LMArena Korean—1083
LMArena Russian—1169
LMArena Spanish—1168

Instruction Following Qwen2-72B leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.9 (#299), Qwen2-72B: 62.0 (#236)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen2-72B
LMArena Instruction Following8141181

Long Context Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Qwen2-72B: 36.1 (#230)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen2-72B
LMArena Longer Query—1193

Writing & Preference Qwen2-72B leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#306), Qwen2-72B: 41.0 (#236)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen2-72B
LMArena Text8511203
LMArena Creative Writing8641181
LMArena Multi-Turn7401195

Frequently asked questions

Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Qwen2-72B?

Qwen2-72B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.5 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Dolly 2.0-12b or Qwen2-72B better for coding?

Qwen2-72B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 28.7 versus 23.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Qwen2-72B share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2-72B has 26.

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