Noometry

Model comparison

Claude Opus 5.5 vs DBRX

Claude Opus 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 68.6 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Claude Opus 5.5 Anthropic

68.6

Rank #3 Confirmed

DBRX Databricks

29.4

Rank #311 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Opus 5.5 scores higher in 8 categories and DBRX in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Claude Opus 5.5 leads 91.8 to 24.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 90.6% for Claude Opus 5.5 and 32.9% for DBRX.
  • DBRX has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Opus 5.5DBRX
ProviderAnthropicDatabricks
Noometry Index68.629.4
Released2026-09-222024-03-27
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$4—
Output $ / M tokens$20—
Results tracked4421

Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry

Category by category

Coding Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 71.9 (#3), DBRX: 32.9 (#266)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5DBRX
LMArena Coding15471132
FrontierCode54.6%—
CursorBench57.8%—
LMArena WebDev1813—
FrontierSWE62.3%—
SciCode66.9%—
MirrorCode77.4%—
ALE-Bench2,147—
HumanEval+—70.1%
MBPP+—55.8%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Opus 5.5: 45.3 (#15), DBRX: —

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5DBRX
APEX-Agents73.5%—
GDP.pdf30.6%—
Vending-Bench 29,235—

Reasoning Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 80.2 (#3), DBRX: 21.4 (#222)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5DBRX
LMArena Hard Prompts15351113
ARC-AGI-293.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)88.5%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt31.7%—
EBR-Bench71.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles71%—
DTBench98.9%—
LMCA68.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index167.33—

Math Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 91.8 (#3), DBRX: 24.3 (#269)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5DBRX
LMArena Math15061145
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)91.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 495%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench100%—
MATH Level 5—11.7%
FrontierMath Erdős2.9%—

Knowledge Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 66.4 (#10), DBRX: 14.9 (#294)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5DBRX
GPQA Diamond90.6%32.9%
LMArena Expert15471076
SimpleQA Verified72.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Opus 5.5: 57.8 (#1), DBRX: —

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5DBRX
LMArena Vision1321—
Blueprint-Bench 251.2%—
Furniture Assembly83.3%—

Multilingual Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 59.1 (#2), DBRX: 29.3 (#268)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5DBRX
LMArena Non-English15071071
LMArena Chinese15881068
LMArena French15141096
LMArena Russian15201078
LMArena Spanish15071064
LMArena German—1057
LMArena Japanese—990
LMArena Korean—993

Instruction Following Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 80.0 (#3), DBRX: 57.5 (#270)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5DBRX
LMArena Instruction Following15371112

Long Context Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 47.1 (#19), DBRX: 33.7 (#258)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5DBRX
LMArena Longer Query15321112

Writing & Preference Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 78.2 (#3), DBRX: 33.6 (#275)

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5DBRX
LMArena Text15151119
LMArena Creative Writing15331104
LMArena Multi-Turn14991111
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2050—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Opus 5.5 better than DBRX?

Claude Opus 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 68.6 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Opus 5.5 or DBRX better for coding?

Claude Opus 5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 71.9 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Opus 5.5 and DBRX share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Opus 5.5 has 44 scored results on Noometry and DBRX has 21.

Related comparisons

Go deeper