Model comparison

Dolly 2.0-12b vs Qwen3.5 Plus

Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Dolly 2.0-12b Databricks

24.9

Rank #339 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

42.3

Rank #103 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Plus in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.5 Plus leads 47.9 to 25.0.
  • Dolly 2.0-12b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Dolly 2.0-12b and Qwen3.5 Plus specifications
Dolly 2.0-12bQwen3.5 Plus
ProviderDatabricksAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index24.942.3
Released2023-04-112026-02-16
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.40
Output $ / M tokens—$2.40
Results tracked1715

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.0 (#327), Qwen3.5 Plus: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen3.5 Plus
LMArena Coding776—
ALE-Bench—621.92

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Qwen3.5 Plus: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen3.5 Plus
Vending-Bench 2—0.54

Reasoning Qwen3.5 Plus leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 14.6 (#315), Qwen3.5 Plus: 32.0 (#67)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen3.5 Plus
Epoch Capabilities Index88.94146.79
Chess Puzzles—22%
LMArena Hard Prompts804—
Mystery Game Puzzles—17%
DTBench—80.5%
LMCA—36.4%
HellaSwag70.8%—
PIQA75.4%—
WinoGrande61.8%—

Math Qwen3.5 Plus leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 25.0 (#250), Qwen3.5 Plus: 47.9 (#55)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen3.5 Plus
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—86.7%
LMArena Math871—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—21%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—2.1%

Knowledge Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Qwen3.5 Plus: 46.0 (#78)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen3.5 Plus
GPQA Diamond—84.8%
SimpleQA Verified—25.4%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—10.7%
ARC (AI2) Challenge39.6%—
BoolQ56.3%—
MMLU26.2%—
OpenBookQA39.2%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#291), Qwen3.5 Plus: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen3.5 Plus
LMArena Non-English836—
LMArena Chinese836—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.9 (#299), Qwen3.5 Plus: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen3.5 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following814—

Long Context Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Qwen3.5 Plus: 42.9 (#109)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen3.5 Plus
CL-bench—19.8%
CL-bench Life—12.4%

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#306), Qwen3.5 Plus: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen3.5 Plus
LMArena Text851—
LMArena Creative Writing864—
LMArena Multi-Turn740—

Frequently asked questions

Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Qwen3.5 Plus?

Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Qwen3.5 Plus share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Plus has 15.

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