Model comparison
Dolly 2.0-12b vs Qwen3.5-9B
Qwen3.5-9B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.8 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Databricks
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5-9B in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Qwen3.5-9B leads 35.9 to 23.4.
Side by side
| Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3.5-9B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 25.5 | 33.8 |
| Released | 2023-04-11 | 2026-02-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.10 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5-9B leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332), Qwen3.5-9B: 35.9 (#217)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 27.5% |
| LMArena Coding | 776 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Qwen3.5-9B: 14.5 (#151)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 9.2% |
Reasoning Qwen3.5-9B leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316), Qwen3.5-9B: 23.1 (#182)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 89.67 | 139.46 |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 12% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | — |
| DTBench | — | 71.2% |
| LMCA | — | 24.5% |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |
Math Qwen3.5-9B leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251), Qwen3.5-9B: 34.8 (#192)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 48.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 61.7% |
| LMArena Math | 871 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Qwen3.5-9B: 46.0 (#84)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 79% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296), Qwen3.5-9B: —
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304), Qwen3.5-9B: —
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311), Qwen3.5-9B: —
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Qwen3.5-9B?
Qwen3.5-9B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.8 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Dolly 2.0-12b or Qwen3.5-9B better for coding?
Qwen3.5-9B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.9 versus 23.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Qwen3.5-9B share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5-9B has 10.