# DBRX vs Qwen3.5 35B-A3B

> Qwen3.5 35B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/dbrx-vs-qwen3-5-35b-a3b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads 47.8 to 14.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 32.9% for DBRX and 83.5% for Qwen3.5 35B-A3B.

## Snapshot

| | DBRX | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 42.0 |
| Rank | 311 | 123 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.25 |
| Output $/M | — | $2 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DBRX: 32.9 (#266)
- Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 33.8 (#251)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | 1410 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1254 |
| SciCode | — | 29.3% |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |

## Reasoning

- DBRX: 21.4 (#222)
- Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 24.6 (#161)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1400 |
| CritPt | — | 0.6% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 10% |
| DTBench | — | 80% |
| LMCA | — | 29.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 142.52 |

## Math

- DBRX: 24.3 (#269)
- Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 39.9 (#97)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1145 | 1404 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 56% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 70% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- DBRX: 14.9 (#294)
- Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 47.8 (#79)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | 83.5% |
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | 1408 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 10.5% |

## Multilingual

- DBRX: 29.3 (#268)
- Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 50.0 (#127)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | 1378 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | 1457 |
| LMArena French | 1096 | 1412 |
| LMArena German | 1057 | 1367 |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | 1325 |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | 1356 |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | 1376 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | 1392 |

## Instruction Following

- DBRX: 57.5 (#270)
- Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 72.8 (#128)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | 1379 |

## Long Context

- DBRX: 33.7 (#258)
- Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 42.4 (#127)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | 1389 |

## Writing & Preference

- DBRX: 33.6 (#275)
- Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 57.9 (#124)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | 1395 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | 1346 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | 1390 |

## FAQ

### Is DBRX better than Qwen3.5 35B-A3B?

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is DBRX or Qwen3.5 35B-A3B better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (32.9 vs 33.8); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do DBRX and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B has 28.