# DBRX vs Mistral

> DBRX and Mistral score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.0 vs 29.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/dbrx-vs-mistral
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where DBRX leads 57.7 to 52.9.
- DBRX has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | DBRX | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 29.4 |
| Rank | 307 | 297 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- DBRX: 32.3 (#262)
- Mistral: 33.2 (#249)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | 1162 |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |

## Reasoning

- DBRX: 20.5 (#218)
- Mistral: 21.3 (#199)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1149 |

## Math

- DBRX: 22.3 (#265)
- Mistral: 20.5 (#275)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1145 | 1180 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 7.2% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- DBRX: 14.9 (#289)
- Mistral: 16.3 (#283)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | 1125 |
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 27.7% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.3% |

## Multilingual

- DBRX: 29.4 (#263)
- Mistral: 33.0 (#249)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | 1129 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | 1109 |
| LMArena French | 1095 | 1179 |
| LMArena German | 1057 | 1155 |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | 1012 |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | 1032 |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | 1168 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | 1143 |

## Instruction Following

- DBRX: 57.7 (#265)
- Mistral: 52.9 (#283)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | 1152 |
| IFEval | — | 56.8% |

## Long Context

- DBRX: 33.7 (#253)
- Mistral: 35.0 (#240)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | 1154 |

## Writing & Preference

- DBRX: 33.7 (#271)
- Mistral: 37.2 (#255)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | 1165 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | 1158 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | 1147 |
| WildBench | — | 66% |

## FAQ

### Is DBRX better than Mistral?

DBRX and Mistral score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.0 vs 29.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

### Is DBRX or Mistral better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (32.3 vs 33.2); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do DBRX and Mistral share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.