# DBRX vs Qwen1.5-7B

> Qwen1.5-7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/dbrx-vs-qwen1-5-7b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen1.5-7B in 2 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen1.5-7B leads 28.7 to 14.9.

## Snapshot

| | DBRX | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 31.4 |
| Rank | 311 | 273 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DBRX: 32.9 (#266)
- Qwen1.5-7B: 32.2 (#276)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | 1107 |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |

## Reasoning

- DBRX: 21.4 (#222)
- Qwen1.5-7B: 20.4 (#240)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1065 |

## Math

- DBRX: 24.3 (#269)
- Qwen1.5-7B: 31.4 (#224)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1145 | 1080 |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- DBRX: 14.9 (#294)
- Qwen1.5-7B: 28.7 (#243)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | 1055 |
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | — |
| MMLU | — | 62.6% |

## Multilingual

- DBRX: 29.3 (#268)
- Qwen1.5-7B: 28.5 (#271)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | 1141 |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | 1006 |
| LMArena French | 1096 | — |
| LMArena German | 1057 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | — |

## Instruction Following

- DBRX: 57.5 (#270)
- Qwen1.5-7B: 54.1 (#281)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | 1058 |

## Long Context

- DBRX: 33.7 (#258)
- Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#266)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | 1090 |

## Writing & Preference

- DBRX: 33.6 (#275)
- Qwen1.5-7B: 29.6 (#293)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | 1083 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | 1035 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | 1062 |

## FAQ

### Is DBRX better than Qwen1.5-7B?

Qwen1.5-7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is DBRX or Qwen1.5-7B better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (32.9 vs 32.2); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do DBRX and Qwen1.5-7B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-7B has 13.