# Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs DBRX

> Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.9 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/claude-sonnet-5-5-vs-dbrx
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 13

## Summary

- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Sonnet 5.5 scores higher in 8 categories and DBRX in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads 87.9 to 24.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 95.6% for Claude Sonnet 5.5 and 32.9% for DBRX.
- DBRX has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Databricks |
| Noometry Index | 61.9 | 29.4 |
| Rank | 10 | 311 |
| Context | 1M | — |
| Input $/M | $2 | — |
| Output $/M | $10 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Claude Sonnet 5.5: 67.3 (#6)
- DBRX: 32.9 (#266)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1513 | 1132 |
| FrontierCode | 52.1% | — |
| CursorBench | 55.5% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1774 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 61.9% | — |
| SciCode | 61% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,819 | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 70.1% |
| MBPP+ | — | 55.8% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Claude Sonnet 5.5: 45.0 (#16)
- DBRX: —

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 75.5% | — |

## Reasoning

- Claude Sonnet 5.5: 54.0 (#28)
- DBRX: 21.4 (#222)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1495 | 1113 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 80.5% | — |
| CritPt | 31.4% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 65% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 165.03 | — |

## Math

- Claude Sonnet 5.5: 87.9 (#6)
- DBRX: 24.3 (#269)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1510 | 1145 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 88.8% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 80.5% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 100% | — |
| ProofBench | 100% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 11.7% |
| FrontierMath Erdős | 2.9% | — |

## Knowledge

- Claude Sonnet 5.5: 66.0 (#12)
- DBRX: 14.9 (#294)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 95.6% | 32.9% |
| LMArena Expert | 1540 | 1076 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 46.5% | — |

## Multimodal

- Claude Sonnet 5.5: 51.5 (#6)
- DBRX: —

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1289 | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 75% | — |

## Multilingual

- Claude Sonnet 5.5: 55.3 (#30)
- DBRX: 29.3 (#268)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1452 | 1071 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1522 | 1068 |
| LMArena Russian | 1451 | 1078 |
| LMArena French | — | 1096 |
| LMArena German | — | 1057 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 990 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 993 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1064 |

## Instruction Following

- Claude Sonnet 5.5: 78.3 (#11)
- DBRX: 57.5 (#270)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1495 | 1112 |

## Long Context

- Claude Sonnet 5.5: 45.9 (#28)
- DBRX: 33.7 (#258)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1498 | 1112 |

## Writing & Preference

- Claude Sonnet 5.5: 66.0 (#40)
- DBRX: 33.6 (#275)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1471 | 1119 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1465 | 1104 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1474 | 1111 |

## FAQ

### Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 better than DBRX?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.9 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 or DBRX better for coding?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 67.3 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Claude Sonnet 5.5 and DBRX share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 5.5 has 32 scored results on Noometry and DBRX has 21.