# DBRX vs Grok 4.3

> Grok 4.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/dbrx-vs-grok-4-3
- 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 Grok 4.3 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 4.3 leads 52.5 to 14.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 32.9% for DBRX and 88.8% for Grok 4.3.
- DBRX has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | DBRX | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 43.6 |
| Rank | 307 | 80 |
| Context | — | 1M |
| Input $/M | — | $1.25 |
| Output $/M | — | $2.50 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- DBRX: 32.3 (#262)
- Grok 4.3: 41.3 (#117)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | 1415 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1357 |
| SciCode | — | 47.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 49.9% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 944.17 |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- DBRX: —
- Grok 4.3: 27.6 (#93)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| GDP.pdf | — | 8% |
| LMArena Search | — | 1165 |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 35.26 |

## Reasoning

- DBRX: 20.5 (#218)
- Grok 4.3: 34.9 (#60)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1397 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 55.2% |
| CritPt | — | 8% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 25% |
| DTBench | — | 90.7% |
| LMCA | — | 38.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 149.13 |
| ForecastBench | — | 60.3 |

## Math

- DBRX: 22.3 (#265)
- Grok 4.3: 45.8 (#60)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1145 | 1388 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 42.8% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 14.6% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 93.3% |
| ProofBench | — | 11% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- DBRX: 14.9 (#289)
- Grok 4.3: 52.5 (#57)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | 88.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | 1385 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 33.2% |

## Multimodal

- DBRX: —
- Grok 4.3: 31.6 (#96)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1231 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 0% |

## Multilingual

- DBRX: 29.4 (#263)
- Grok 4.3: 50.7 (#114)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | 1385 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | 1423 |
| LMArena French | 1095 | 1412 |
| LMArena German | 1057 | 1395 |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | 1379 |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | 1357 |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | 1399 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | 1402 |

## Instruction Following

- DBRX: 57.7 (#265)
- Grok 4.3: 72.3 (#135)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | 1366 |

## Long Context

- DBRX: 33.7 (#253)
- Grok 4.3: 42.5 (#118)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | 1393 |

## Writing & Preference

- DBRX: 33.7 (#271)
- Grok 4.3: 58.6 (#112)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | 1397 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | 1380 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | 1406 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1075 |

## FAQ

### Is DBRX better than Grok 4.3?

Grok 4.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.

### Is DBRX or Grok 4.3 better for coding?

Grok 4.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.3 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DBRX and Grok 4.3 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.3 has 40.