# DBRX vs Qwen1.5-110B

> Qwen1.5-110B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.6 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/dbrx-vs-qwen1-5-110b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen1.5-110B in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen1.5-110B leads 30.7 to 14.9.

## Snapshot

| | DBRX | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 33.6 |
| Rank | 307 | 231 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DBRX: 32.3 (#262)
- Qwen1.5-110B: 32.4 (#260)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | 1184 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 35% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 44.4% |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |

## Reasoning

- DBRX: 20.5 (#218)
- Qwen1.5-110B: 21.7 (#192)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1168 |
| ForecastBench | — | 57.7 |

## Math

- DBRX: 22.3 (#265)
- Qwen1.5-110B: 31.1 (#199)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1145 | 1185 |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- DBRX: 14.9 (#289)
- Qwen1.5-110B: 30.7 (#217)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | 1144 |
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | — |

## Multilingual

- DBRX: 29.4 (#263)
- Qwen1.5-110B: 33.8 (#245)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | 1142 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | 1206 |
| LMArena French | 1095 | 1150 |
| LMArena German | 1057 | 1123 |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | 1074 |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | 1044 |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | 1118 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | 1141 |

## Instruction Following

- DBRX: 57.7 (#265)
- Qwen1.5-110B: 60.6 (#247)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | 1158 |

## Long Context

- DBRX: 33.7 (#253)
- Qwen1.5-110B: 35.0 (#237)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | 1157 |

## Writing & Preference

- DBRX: 33.7 (#271)
- Qwen1.5-110B: 38.1 (#250)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | 1175 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | 1148 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | 1160 |

## FAQ

### Is DBRX better than Qwen1.5-110B?

Qwen1.5-110B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.6 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.

### Is DBRX or Qwen1.5-110B better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (32.3 vs 32.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do DBRX and Qwen1.5-110B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-110B has 20.