# DBRX vs Qwen2-72B

> DBRX and Qwen2-72B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.0 vs 29.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/dbrx-vs-qwen2-72b
- 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 Qwen2-72B in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen2-72B leads 41.0 to 33.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 11.7% for DBRX and 39.1% for Qwen2-72B.

## Snapshot

| | DBRX | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 29.5 |
| Rank | 307 | 294 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DBRX: 32.3 (#262)
- Qwen2-72B: 28.7 (#303)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | 1196 |
| WeirdML | — | 11.3% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 38.5% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54% |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- DBRX: —
- Qwen2-72B: 16.9 (#138)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | — | 1.1% |
| METR Time Horizons | — | 29.9% |

## Reasoning

- DBRX: 20.5 (#218)
- Qwen2-72B: 22.2 (#184)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1191 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 125.27 |

## Math

- DBRX: 22.3 (#265)
- Qwen2-72B: 27.9 (#232)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1145 | 1235 |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | 39.1% |

## Knowledge

- DBRX: 14.9 (#289)
- Qwen2-72B: 21.2 (#270)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | 40.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | 1171 |
| MMLU | — | 82.4% |

## Multilingual

- DBRX: 29.4 (#263)
- Qwen2-72B: 36.0 (#239)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | 1176 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | 1240 |
| LMArena French | 1095 | 1169 |
| LMArena German | 1057 | 1151 |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | 1111 |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | 1083 |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | 1169 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | 1168 |

## Instruction Following

- DBRX: 57.7 (#265)
- Qwen2-72B: 62.0 (#236)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | 1181 |

## Long Context

- DBRX: 33.7 (#253)
- Qwen2-72B: 36.1 (#230)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | 1193 |

## Writing & Preference

- DBRX: 33.7 (#271)
- Qwen2-72B: 41.0 (#236)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | 1203 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | 1181 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | 1195 |

## FAQ

### Is DBRX better than Qwen2-72B?

DBRX and Qwen2-72B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.0 vs 29.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

### Is DBRX or Qwen2-72B better for coding?

DBRX scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.3 versus 28.7 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DBRX and Qwen2-72B share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2-72B has 26.