# DBRX vs Phi-4

> Phi-4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/dbrx-vs-phi-4
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 19

## Summary

- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 2 categories and Phi-4 in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Phi-4 leads 32.6 to 14.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 11.7% for DBRX and 64.9% for Phi-4.

## Snapshot

| | DBRX | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 31.2 |
| Rank | 311 | 279 |
| Context | — | 128K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.07 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.14 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DBRX: 32.9 (#266)
- Phi-4: 34.4 (#239)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | 1231 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.5% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 30.7% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 55.4% |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- DBRX: —
- Phi-4: 22.8 (#128)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 28.8% |
| BALROG | — | 11.6% |

## Reasoning

- DBRX: 21.4 (#222)
- Phi-4: 17.7 (#291)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1220 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 47.8% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 45.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 130.42 |
| LiveBench | — | 41.6% |

## Math

- DBRX: 24.3 (#269)
- Phi-4: 20.8 (#285)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1145 | 1246 |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | 64.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 13.8% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 42% |

## Knowledge

- DBRX: 14.9 (#294)
- Phi-4: 32.6 (#209)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | 56.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | 1203 |
| Confabulations | — | 29.4% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 3.7% |
| MMLU | — | 84.8% |

## Multilingual

- DBRX: 29.3 (#268)
- Phi-4: 37.2 (#237)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | 1197 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | 1212 |
| LMArena French | 1096 | 1224 |
| LMArena German | 1057 | 1222 |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | 1158 |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | 1151 |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | 1209 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | 1234 |

## Instruction Following

- DBRX: 57.5 (#270)
- Phi-4: 60.4 (#251)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | 1201 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 58.4% |

## Long Context

- DBRX: 33.7 (#258)
- Phi-4: 36.9 (#226)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | 1217 |

## Writing & Preference

- DBRX: 33.6 (#275)
- Phi-4: 40.5 (#244)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | 1217 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | 1182 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | 1206 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 62.6% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 25.6% |

## FAQ

### Is DBRX better than Phi-4?

Phi-4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is DBRX or Phi-4 better for coding?

Phi-4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DBRX and Phi-4 share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Phi-4 has 37.