# DBRX vs Qwen3-1.7B

> DBRX is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.4 to 26.6 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/dbrx-vs-qwen3-1-7b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen3-1.7B in 1 category; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where DBRX leads 24.3 to 16.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 32.9% for DBRX and 38% for Qwen3-1.7B.

## Snapshot

| | DBRX | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 26.6 |
| Rank | 311 | 336 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DBRX: 32.9 (#266)
- Qwen3-1.7B: —

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | — |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- DBRX: —
- Qwen3-1.7B: 24.7 (#115)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 28.4% |

## Reasoning

- DBRX: 21.4 (#222)
- Qwen3-1.7B: 19.2 (#267)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | — |

## Math

- DBRX: 24.3 (#269)
- Qwen3-1.7B: 16.3 (#294)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 8.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1145 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- DBRX: 14.9 (#294)
- Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#278)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | 38% |
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | — |

## Multilingual

- DBRX: 29.3 (#268)
- Qwen3-1.7B: —

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | — |
| LMArena French | 1096 | — |
| LMArena German | 1057 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | — |

## Instruction Following

- DBRX: 57.5 (#270)
- Qwen3-1.7B: —

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | — |

## Long Context

- DBRX: 33.7 (#258)
- Qwen3-1.7B: —

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- DBRX: 33.6 (#275)
- Qwen3-1.7B: —

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | — |

## FAQ

### Is DBRX better than Qwen3-1.7B?

DBRX is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.4 to 26.6 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do DBRX and Qwen3-1.7B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-1.7B has 4.