Model comparison
Dolly 2.0-12b vs Qwen3.6 Flash
Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.4 to 24.9 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 Qwen3.6 Flash in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.6 Flash leads 28.4 to 14.6.
- Dolly 2.0-12b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3.6 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 24.9 | 38.4 |
| Released | 2023-04-11 | 2026-04-27 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.19 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.13 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.0 (#327), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 776 | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 326.4 |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 Flash leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 14.6 (#315), Qwen3.6 Flash: 28.4 (#90)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 88.94 | 143.26 |
| SimpleBench | — | 35.2% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 20% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 18% |
| DTBench | — | 77.1% |
| LMCA | — | 31% |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |
Math Qwen3.6 Flash leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 25.0 (#250), Qwen3.6 Flash: 38.0 (#88)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 22.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 84.4% |
| LMArena Math | 871 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 10.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 0% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Qwen3.6 Flash: 42.2 (#90)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 83.3% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 15.9% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#291), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.9 (#299), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#306), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Qwen3.6 Flash?
Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.4 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Qwen3.6 Flash share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Flash has 13.