# DBRX vs Gemini 3.8 Flash

> Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/dbrx-vs-gemini-3-8-flash
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 3.8 Flash in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 74.8 to 14.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 32.9% for DBRX and 95.4% for Gemini 3.8 Flash.
- DBRX has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | DBRX | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Google |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 61.8 |
| Rank | 311 | 11 |
| Context | — | 1.05M |
| Input $/M | — | $0.75 |
| Output $/M | — | $3.75 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- DBRX: 32.9 (#266)
- Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | 1510 |
| DeepSWE | — | 73.8% |
| FrontierCode | — | 41.2% |
| CursorBench | — | 39.6% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1584 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 19.6% |
| SciCode | — | 56.6% |
| WeirdML | — | 84.8% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,270 |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- DBRX: —
- Gemini 3.8 Flash: 41.8 (#21)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 64.3% |
| Remote Labor Index | — | 5.8% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 23.4% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 5,094 |

## Reasoning

- DBRX: 21.4 (#222)
- Gemini 3.8 Flash: 76.9 (#5)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1508 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 89.2% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 97.4% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 98.5% |
| CritPt | — | 18.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 61% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 47% |
| DTBench | — | 95.7% |
| LMCA | — | 52.9% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 76.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 156.71 |

## Math

- DBRX: 24.3 (#269)
- Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.3 (#28)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1145 | 1528 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 68.4% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 22% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 98.9% |
| ProofBench | — | 48% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- DBRX: 14.9 (#294)
- Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.8 (#2)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | 95.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | 1524 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 44.5% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 69.7% |

## Multimodal

- DBRX: —
- Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1314 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 38.6% |
| Furniture Assembly | — | 31.7% |

## Multilingual

- DBRX: 29.3 (#268)
- Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | 1491 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | 1554 |
| LMArena French | 1096 | 1498 |
| LMArena German | 1057 | 1493 |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | 1502 |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | 1459 |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | 1515 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | 1485 |

## Instruction Following

- DBRX: 57.5 (#270)
- Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | 1490 |

## Long Context

- DBRX: 33.7 (#258)
- Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | 1508 |

## Writing & Preference

- DBRX: 33.6 (#275)
- Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | 1499 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | 1492 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | 1501 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1748 |

## FAQ

### Is DBRX better than Gemini 3.8 Flash?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is DBRX or Gemini 3.8 Flash better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.2 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DBRX and Gemini 3.8 Flash share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50.