# Dolly 2.0-12b vs Sonar

> Sonar is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.

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

## Summary

- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Sonar leads 52.6 to 15.3.
- Dolly 2.0-12b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Dolly 2.0-12b | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Perplexity |
| Noometry Index | 24.9 | 37.8 |
| Rank | 339 | 184 |
| Context | — | 128K |
| Input $/M | — | $1 |
| Output $/M | — | $1 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.0 (#327)
- Sonar: 35.1 (#217)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | — | 35.1% |
| LMArena Coding | 776 | — |

## Reasoning

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 14.6 (#315)
- Sonar: 20.3 (#221)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 46.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 37.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 88.94 | — |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| LiveBench | — | 46.9% |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |

## Math

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 25.0 (#250)
- Sonar: 31.3 (#197)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | — | 41.6% |
| LMArena Math | 871 | — |

## Knowledge

- Dolly 2.0-12b: —
- Sonar: —

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |

## Multilingual

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#291)
- Sonar: —

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.9 (#299)
- Sonar: 71.5 (#146)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 76.2% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#306)
- Sonar: 52.6 (#166)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 44.1% |

## FAQ

### Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Sonar?

Sonar is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.

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

Sonar scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.1 versus 23.0 in the Noometry coding category.

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

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Sonar has 7.