# Claude 2 vs DBRX

> DBRX is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.0 to 24.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/claude-2-vs-dbrx
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 3

## Summary

- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2 scores higher in 2 categories and DBRX in 1 category; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where DBRX leads 22.3 to 8.7.
- DBRX has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Claude 2 | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Databricks |
| Noometry Index | 24.7 | 29.0 |
| Rank | 342 | 307 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Claude 2: —
- DBRX: 32.3 (#262)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| HumanEval+ | 61.6% | 70.1% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1132 |
| MBPP+ | — | 55.8% |

## Reasoning

- Claude 2: 20.8 (#213)
- DBRX: 20.5 (#218)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1113 |
| DTBench | 51.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.08 | — |

## Math

- Claude 2: 8.7 (#314)
- DBRX: 22.3 (#265)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | 11.7% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1145 |

## Knowledge

- Claude 2: 17.0 (#282)
- DBRX: 14.9 (#289)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34.7% | 32.9% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1076 |
| MMLU | 78.5% | — |
| TriviaQA | 87.5% | — |

## Multilingual

- Claude 2: —
- DBRX: 29.4 (#263)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1071 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1068 |
| LMArena French | — | 1095 |
| LMArena German | — | 1057 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 990 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 993 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1078 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1064 |

## Instruction Following

- Claude 2: —
- DBRX: 57.7 (#265)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1112 |

## Long Context

- Claude 2: —
- DBRX: 33.7 (#253)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1112 |

## Writing & Preference

- Claude 2: —
- DBRX: 33.7 (#271)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1119 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1104 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1111 |

## FAQ

### Is Claude 2 better than DBRX?

DBRX is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.0 to 24.7 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and DBRX share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and DBRX has 21.