# DBRX vs Qwen1.5-72B

> Qwen1.5-72B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/dbrx-vs-qwen1-5-72b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 20

## Summary

- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen1.5-72B in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen1.5-72B leads 33.2 to 24.3.

## Snapshot

| | DBRX | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 30.8 |
| Rank | 311 | 285 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DBRX: 32.9 (#266)
- Qwen1.5-72B: 31.9 (#277)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | 1165 |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | 59.1% |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | 61.6% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 33.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.3% |

## Reasoning

- DBRX: 21.4 (#222)
- Qwen1.5-72B: 22.2 (#203)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1148 |

## Math

- DBRX: 24.3 (#269)
- Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#205)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1145 | 1164 |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- DBRX: 14.9 (#294)
- Qwen1.5-72B: 11.5 (#300)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | 28.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | 1136 |

## Multilingual

- DBRX: 29.3 (#268)
- Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#253)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | 1135 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | 1186 |
| LMArena French | 1096 | 1159 |
| LMArena German | 1057 | 1084 |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | 1061 |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | 1050 |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | 1104 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | 1110 |

## Instruction Following

- DBRX: 57.5 (#270)
- Qwen1.5-72B: 59.3 (#256)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | 1141 |

## Long Context

- DBRX: 33.7 (#258)
- Qwen1.5-72B: 35.1 (#243)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | 1157 |

## Writing & Preference

- DBRX: 33.6 (#275)
- Qwen1.5-72B: 37.3 (#258)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | 1166 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | 1137 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | 1160 |

## FAQ

### Is DBRX better than Qwen1.5-72B?

Qwen1.5-72B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is DBRX or Qwen1.5-72B better for coding?

DBRX scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.9 versus 31.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DBRX and Qwen1.5-72B share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-72B has 22.