# DBRX vs o1-mini

> o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/dbrx-vs-o1-mini
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 21

## Summary

- They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 1 category and o1-mini in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where o1-mini leads 34.9 to 14.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 11.7% for DBRX and 89.2% for o1-mini.
- DBRX has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | DBRX | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 34.0 |
| Rank | 311 | 235 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- DBRX: 32.9 (#266)
- o1-mini: 35.5 (#224)

| Benchmark | DBRX | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | 1362 |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | 89% |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | 78.8% |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 32.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 36.3% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 48% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- DBRX: —
- o1-mini: 24.6 (#118)

| Benchmark | DBRX | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | — | 10% |

## Reasoning

- DBRX: 21.4 (#222)
- o1-mini: 8.8 (#346)

| Benchmark | DBRX | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1333 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0.8% |
| SimpleBench | — | 18.1% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 14% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 72.3% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 57.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 135.82 |
| LiveBench | — | 57.8% |

## Math

- DBRX: 24.3 (#269)
- o1-mini: 35.4 (#186)

| Benchmark | DBRX | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1145 | 1358 |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | 89.2% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 46.9% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 62% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |

## Knowledge

- DBRX: 14.9 (#294)
- o1-mini: 34.9 (#192)

| Benchmark | DBRX | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | 62.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | 1316 |
| Confabulations | — | 18.6% |

## Multilingual

- DBRX: 29.3 (#268)
- o1-mini: 43.6 (#182)

| Benchmark | DBRX | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | 1289 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | 1314 |
| LMArena French | 1096 | 1293 |
| LMArena German | 1057 | 1278 |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | 1245 |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | 1223 |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | 1283 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | 1303 |

## Instruction Following

- DBRX: 57.5 (#270)
- o1-mini: 66.7 (#206)

| Benchmark | DBRX | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | 1304 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 65.4% |

## Long Context

- DBRX: 33.7 (#258)
- o1-mini: 40.1 (#161)

| Benchmark | DBRX | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | 1320 |

## Writing & Preference

- DBRX: 33.6 (#275)
- o1-mini: 48.4 (#202)

| Benchmark | DBRX | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | 1317 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | 1244 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | 1314 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 64.9% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 40.9% |

## FAQ

### Is DBRX better than o1-mini?

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is DBRX or o1-mini better for coding?

o1-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DBRX and o1-mini share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.