# DBRX vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

> Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.5 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/dbrx-vs-qwen2-5-72b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 19

## Summary

- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 1 category and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct in 7 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads 46.9 to 33.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 11.7% for DBRX and 63.2% for Qwen2.5 72B Instruct.

## Snapshot

| | DBRX | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 31.5 |
| Rank | 307 | 259 |
| Context | — | 131K |
| Input $/M | — | $1.40 |
| Output $/M | — | $5.60 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DBRX: 32.3 (#262)
- Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 32.8 (#256)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | 1293 |
| WeirdML | — | 16% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.8% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 55.9% |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- DBRX: —
- Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 22.0 (#124)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | — | 5.7% |
| BALROG | — | 16.2% |
| METR Time Horizons | — | 35.8% |

## Reasoning

- DBRX: 20.5 (#218)
- Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 21.4 (#197)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1271 |
| DTBench | — | 62.9% |
| LMCA | — | 13.4% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 79.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 129.01 |
| ForecastBench | — | 57.5 |
| HellaSwag | — | 84.8% |
| PIQA | — | 82.6% |
| WinoGrande | — | 82.3% |

## Math

- DBRX: 22.3 (#265)
- Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 18.1 (#281)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1145 | 1283 |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | 63.2% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 8.1% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 33% |

## Knowledge

- DBRX: 14.9 (#289)
- Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 26.9 (#247)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | 49.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | 1245 |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 63.1% |
| Confabulations | — | 19.1% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 42.6% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 94.5% |
| MMLU | — | 85.3% |
| TriviaQA | — | 71.9% |

## Multilingual

- DBRX: 29.4 (#263)
- Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 41.2 (#208)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | 1252 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | 1272 |
| LMArena French | 1095 | 1279 |
| LMArena German | 1057 | 1234 |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | 1180 |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | 1188 |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | 1264 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | 1255 |

## Instruction Following

- DBRX: 57.7 (#265)
- Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 65.7 (#216)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | 1254 |
| IFEval | — | 80.6% |

## Long Context

- DBRX: 33.7 (#253)
- Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 38.9 (#183)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | 1282 |

## Writing & Preference

- DBRX: 33.7 (#271)
- Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 46.9 (#210)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | 1269 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | 1221 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | 1272 |
| WildBench | — | 80.2% |

## FAQ

### Is DBRX better than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.5 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.

### Is DBRX or Qwen2.5 72B Instruct better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (32.3 vs 32.8); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do DBRX and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct has 43.