# DBRX vs GPT-5.5 Instant

> GPT-5.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.7 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/dbrx-vs-gpt-5-5-instant
- 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 GPT-5.5 Instant in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where GPT-5.5 Instant leads 48.9 to 14.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 32.9% for DBRX and 82.5% for GPT-5.5 Instant.
- DBRX has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | DBRX | GPT-5.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 42.7 |
| Rank | 311 | 110 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- DBRX: 32.9 (#266)
- GPT-5.5 Instant: 44.3 (#74)

| Benchmark | DBRX | GPT-5.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | 1433 |
| SciCode | — | 48.6% |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |

## Reasoning

- DBRX: 21.4 (#222)
- GPT-5.5 Instant: 24.9 (#155)

| Benchmark | DBRX | GPT-5.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1426 |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 12% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 142.52 |

## Math

- DBRX: 24.3 (#269)
- GPT-5.5 Instant: 26.5 (#259)

| Benchmark | DBRX | GPT-5.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1145 | 1420 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 26.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 2.4% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 68.1% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- DBRX: 14.9 (#294)
- GPT-5.5 Instant: 48.9 (#74)

| Benchmark | DBRX | GPT-5.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | 82.5% |
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | 1409 |

## Multimodal

- DBRX: —
- GPT-5.5 Instant: 40.0 (#52)

| Benchmark | DBRX | GPT-5.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1250 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1403 |

## Multilingual

- DBRX: 29.3 (#268)
- GPT-5.5 Instant: 52.8 (#80)

| Benchmark | DBRX | GPT-5.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | 1417 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | 1456 |
| LMArena French | 1096 | 1428 |
| LMArena German | 1057 | 1411 |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | 1408 |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | 1392 |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | 1431 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | 1429 |

## Instruction Following

- DBRX: 57.5 (#270)
- GPT-5.5 Instant: 74.2 (#100)

| Benchmark | DBRX | GPT-5.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | 1406 |

## Long Context

- DBRX: 33.7 (#258)
- GPT-5.5 Instant: 43.4 (#96)

| Benchmark | DBRX | GPT-5.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | 1422 |

## Writing & Preference

- DBRX: 33.6 (#275)
- GPT-5.5 Instant: 61.8 (#85)

| Benchmark | DBRX | GPT-5.5 Instant |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | 1419 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | 1419 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | 1433 |

## FAQ

### Is DBRX better than GPT-5.5 Instant?

GPT-5.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.7 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is DBRX or GPT-5.5 Instant better for coding?

GPT-5.5 Instant scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.3 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DBRX and GPT-5.5 Instant share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.5 Instant has 27.