# DBRX vs Qwen3.6 Plus

> Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.3 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/dbrx-vs-qwen3-6-plus
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Plus in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Plus leads 56.1 to 14.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 32.9% for DBRX and 88.4% for Qwen3.6 Plus.
- DBRX has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | DBRX | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 47.3 |
| Rank | 307 | 54 |
| Context | — | 1M |
| Input $/M | — | $0.50 |
| Output $/M | — | $3 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- DBRX: 32.3 (#262)
- Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.6 (#125)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | 1467 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 57.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1461 |
| SciCode | — | 40.7% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 670.15 |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- DBRX: —
- Qwen3.6 Plus: —

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 5,115 |

## Reasoning

- DBRX: 20.5 (#218)
- Qwen3.6 Plus: 28.5 (#89)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1449 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 60.3% |
| CritPt | — | 2.9% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 17% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 59.5% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 12% |
| DTBench | — | 81.9% |
| LMCA | — | 33.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 147.67 |

## Math

- DBRX: 22.3 (#265)
- Qwen3.6 Plus: 50.6 (#44)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1145 | 1450 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 38.2% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 93.3% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 26.2% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 8.3% |

## Knowledge

- DBRX: 14.9 (#289)
- Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#40)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | 88.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | 1456 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 44.1% |

## Multilingual

- DBRX: 29.4 (#263)
- Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.5 (#66)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | 1424 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | 1478 |
| LMArena French | 1095 | 1454 |
| LMArena German | 1057 | 1451 |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | 1389 |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | 1381 |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | 1434 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | 1432 |

## Instruction Following

- DBRX: 57.7 (#265)
- Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.2 (#70)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | 1425 |

## Long Context

- DBRX: 33.7 (#253)
- Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.1 (#48)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | 1440 |
| CL-bench | — | 20.3% |

## Writing & Preference

- DBRX: 33.7 (#271)
- Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.4 (#78)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | 1437 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | 1405 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | 1438 |

## FAQ

### Is DBRX better than Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.3 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.

### Is DBRX or Qwen3.6 Plus better for coding?

Qwen3.6 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.6 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DBRX and Qwen3.6 Plus share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Plus has 37.