# Dolly 2.0-12b vs Qwen Max

> Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.4 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/dolly-2-0-12b-vs-qwen-max
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 9

## Summary

- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 1 category and Qwen Max in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen Max leads 48.0 to 15.3.
- Dolly 2.0-12b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 24.9 | 34.4 |
| Rank | 339 | 226 |
| Context | — | 33K |
| Input $/M | — | $1.60 |
| Output $/M | — | $6.40 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.0 (#327)
- Qwen Max: 30.3 (#288)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 776 | 1288 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 21.8% |

## Reasoning

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 14.6 (#315)
- Qwen Max: 24.1 (#154)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | 1270 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 88.94 | — |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |

## Math

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 25.0 (#250)
- Qwen Max: 21.0 (#272)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 871 | 1275 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 16.1% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 67.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1% |

## Knowledge

- Dolly 2.0-12b: —
- Qwen Max: 30.3 (#222)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1248 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |

## Multilingual

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#291)
- Qwen Max: 42.0 (#197)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | 1263 |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | 1254 |
| LMArena French | — | 1329 |
| LMArena German | — | 1254 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1205 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1141 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1274 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1290 |

## Instruction Following

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.9 (#299)
- Qwen Max: 66.7 (#203)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | 1262 |

## Long Context

- Dolly 2.0-12b: —
- Qwen Max: 39.4 (#175)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1289 |

## Writing & Preference

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#306)
- Qwen Max: 48.0 (#200)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | 1282 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | 1248 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | 1277 |

## FAQ

### Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Qwen Max?

Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.4 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Dolly 2.0-12b or Qwen Max better for coding?

Qwen Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 30.3 versus 23.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Qwen Max share?

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.