Model comparison
Dolly 2.0-12b vs Qwen3 Max
Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
Databricks
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3 Max in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3 Max leads 62.6 to 15.3.
- Dolly 2.0-12b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 24.9 | 43.5 |
| Released | 2023-04-11 | 2025-09-23 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 Max leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.0 (#327), Qwen3 Max: 42.4 (#93)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 776 | 1456 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 370.45 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Qwen3 Max: —
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 71.56 |
Reasoning Qwen3 Max leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 14.6 (#315), Qwen3 Max: 22.0 (#186)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | 1448 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 88.94 | 142.41 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 72.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 30.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 4% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 5% |
| DTBench | — | 82.1% |
| LMCA | — | 28.3% |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |
Math Qwen3 Max leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 25.0 (#250), Qwen3 Max: 37.6 (#94)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 871 | 1447 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 18.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 73.3% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 97.1% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#72)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 72.6% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 48.7% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1457 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3 Max leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#291), Qwen3 Max: 53.9 (#58)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | 1429 |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | 1479 |
| LMArena French | — | 1450 |
| LMArena German | — | 1463 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1399 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1397 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1428 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1463 |
Instruction Following Qwen3 Max leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.9 (#299), Qwen3 Max: 75.0 (#81)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | 1420 |
Long Context Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#129)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
| CL-bench | — | 14.5% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1439 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3 Max leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#306), Qwen3 Max: 62.6 (#72)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | 1439 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | 1401 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | 1446 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Qwen3 Max?
Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Dolly 2.0-12b or Qwen3 Max better for coding?
Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 23.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Qwen3 Max share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.