Model comparison

Dolly 2.0-12b vs QwQ-32B

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Dolly 2.0-12b Databricks

25.5

Rank #342 Confirmed

QwQ-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

39.8

Rank #159 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 0 categories and QwQ-32B in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where QwQ-32B leads 50.6 to 15.2.

Side by side

Dolly 2.0-12b and QwQ-32B specifications
Dolly 2.0-12bQwQ-32B
ProviderDatabricksAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index25.539.8
Released2023-04-112024-11-28
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1736

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Category by category

Coding QwQ-32B leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332), QwQ-32B: 35.4 (#226)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwQ-32B
LMArena Coding7761333
Aider Polyglot—20.9%
BigCodeBench Instruct—44.6%
LiveBench Coding—72.2%
BigCodeBench Complete—54.4%

Reasoning QwQ-32B leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316), QwQ-32B: 23.7 (#174)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwQ-32B
LMArena Hard Prompts8041325
Epoch Capabilities Index89.67137.6
Chess Puzzles—5%
LiveBench Reasoning—83.5%
LiveBench Data Analysis—65%
ForecastBench—58.3
HellaSwag70.8%—
LiveBench—72%
PIQA75.4%—
WinoGrande61.8%—

Math QwQ-32B leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251), QwQ-32B: 38.0 (#143)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwQ-32B
LMArena Math8711359
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—59.2%
LiveBench Math—77.8%

Knowledge Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: —, QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#158)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwQ-32B
GPQA Diamond—65.3%
Confabulations—15.6%
LMArena Expert—1324
ARC (AI2) Challenge39.6%—
BoolQ56.3%—
MMLU26.2%—
OpenBookQA39.2%—

Multilingual QwQ-32B leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296), QwQ-32B: 44.8 (#176)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwQ-32B
LMArena Non-English8361305
LMArena Chinese8361378
LMArena French—1336
LMArena German—1313
LMArena Japanese—1262
LMArena Korean—1279
LMArena Russian—1297
LMArena Spanish—1354

Instruction Following QwQ-32B leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304), QwQ-32B: 72.6 (#137)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwQ-32B
LMArena Instruction Following8141297
LiveBench Instruction Following—81.8%

Long Context Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: —, QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwQ-32B
Fiction.LiveBench—83.3%
LMArena Longer Query—1308

Writing & Preference QwQ-32B leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311), QwQ-32B: 50.6 (#180)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwQ-32B
LMArena Text8511329
LMArena Creative Writing8641288
LMArena Multi-Turn7401314
Short-Story Creative Writing—80.2%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1257
LiveBench Language—51.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than QwQ-32B?

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Dolly 2.0-12b or QwQ-32B better for coding?

QwQ-32B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.4 versus 23.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and QwQ-32B share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.

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