# DBRX vs Gemma 3 12B

> Gemma 3 12B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.1 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/dbrx-vs-gemma-3-12b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 13

## Summary

- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 3 categories and Gemma 3 12B in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Gemma 3 12B leads 45.7 to 29.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 32.9% for DBRX and 39.5% for Gemma 3 12B.

## Snapshot

| | DBRX | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Google |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 32.1 |
| Rank | 311 | 262 |
| Context | — | 131K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.05 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.15 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DBRX: 32.9 (#266)
- Gemma 3 12B: 31.7 (#280)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | 1281 |
| SciCode | — | 17.4% |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- DBRX: —
- Gemma 3 12B: 25.5 (#108)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 30.4% |

## Reasoning

- DBRX: 21.4 (#222)
- Gemma 3 12B: 15.7 (#313)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1309 |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| DTBench | — | 48.8% |
| LMCA | — | 4.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 123.5 |

## Math

- DBRX: 24.3 (#269)
- Gemma 3 12B: 22.3 (#279)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1145 | 1307 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 16.7% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- DBRX: 14.9 (#294)
- Gemma 3 12B: 26.5 (#257)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | 39.5% |
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | 1248 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 4.4% |

## Multimodal

- DBRX: —
- Gemma 3 12B: —

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| MindCube | — | 46.7% |

## Multilingual

- DBRX: 29.3 (#268)
- Gemma 3 12B: 45.7 (#165)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | 1318 |
| LMArena German | 1057 | 1370 |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | 1335 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | — |
| LMArena French | 1096 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | — |

## Instruction Following

- DBRX: 57.5 (#270)
- Gemma 3 12B: 68.6 (#186)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | 1299 |

## Long Context

- DBRX: 33.7 (#258)
- Gemma 3 12B: 40.0 (#162)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | 1317 |

## Writing & Preference

- DBRX: 33.6 (#275)
- Gemma 3 12B: 47.5 (#209)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | 1334 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | 1331 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | 1334 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1126 |

## FAQ

### Is DBRX better than Gemma 3 12B?

Gemma 3 12B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.1 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is DBRX or Gemma 3 12B better for coding?

DBRX scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.9 versus 31.7 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DBRX and Gemma 3 12B share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 12B has 24.