# DBRX vs Gemini 3.6 Flash

> Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/dbrx-vs-gemini-3-6-flash
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 3.6 Flash in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 67.8 to 14.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 32.9% for DBRX and 94.1% for Gemini 3.6 Flash.
- DBRX has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | DBRX | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Google |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 54.1 |
| Rank | 311 | 33 |
| Context | — | 1.05M |
| Input $/M | — | $0.75 |
| Output $/M | — | $3.75 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- DBRX: 32.9 (#266)
- Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | 1491 |
| DeepSWE | — | 46.7% |
| FrontierCode | — | 34.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1538 |
| SciCode | — | 52.7% |
| WeirdML | — | 56.1% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 715.52 |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- DBRX: —
- Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 46.9% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 14% |

## Reasoning

- DBRX: 21.4 (#222)
- Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1485 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 60.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 89% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 91.2% |
| CritPt | — | 10.6% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 43% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 30% |
| DTBench | — | 95.5% |
| LMCA | — | 44.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 154.25 |

## Math

- DBRX: 24.3 (#269)
- Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1145 | 1505 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 58.9% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 22% |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 70.8% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 94.2% |
| ProofBench | — | 36% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- DBRX: 14.9 (#294)
- Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | 94.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | 1488 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 66.2% |

## Multimodal

- DBRX: —
- Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1298 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 31.2% |
| Furniture Assembly | — | 23.3% |
| LMArena Document | — | 1456 |

## Multilingual

- DBRX: 29.3 (#268)
- Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | 1469 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | 1531 |
| LMArena French | 1096 | 1504 |
| LMArena German | 1057 | 1478 |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | 1476 |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | 1431 |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | 1487 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | 1475 |

## Instruction Following

- DBRX: 57.5 (#270)
- Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | 1466 |

## Long Context

- DBRX: 33.7 (#258)
- Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | 1474 |

## Writing & Preference

- DBRX: 33.6 (#275)
- Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | 1479 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | 1465 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | 1481 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1604 |

## FAQ

### Is DBRX better than Gemini 3.6 Flash?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is DBRX or Gemini 3.6 Flash better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DBRX and Gemini 3.6 Flash share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46.