Model comparison
Dolly 2.0-12b vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.
Databricks
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 66.0 to 15.2.
- Dolly 2.0-12b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 25.5 | 45.3 |
| Released | 2023-04-11 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 17 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 776 | 1487 |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | 1483 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 89.67 | — |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |
Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 871 | 1474 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1489 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | 1534 |
| LMArena French | — | 1484 |
| LMArena German | — | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1495 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1471 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1470 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | 1467 |
Long Context Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1476 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | 1478 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Dolly 2.0-12b or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 23.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.