Noometry

Model comparison

DBRX vs Gemini 3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

DBRX Databricks

29.4

Rank #311 Confirmed

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 3.6 Flash in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 67.8 to 14.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 32.9% for DBRX and 94.1% for Gemini 3.6 Flash.
  • DBRX has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DBRXGemini 3.6 Flash
ProviderDatabricksGoogle
Noometry Index29.454.1
Released2024-03-272026-07-21
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1.05M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.75
Output $ / M tokens—$3.75
Results tracked2146

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

DBRX: 32.9 (#266), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48)

BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Coding11321491
DeepSWE—46.7%
FrontierCode—34.4%
LMArena WebDev—1538
SciCode—52.7%
WeirdML—56.1%
ALE-Bench—715.52
HumanEval+70.1%—
MBPP+55.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DBRX: —, Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65)

BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.6 Flash
APEX-Agents—46.9%
GDP.pdf—14%

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

DBRX: 21.4 (#222), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22)

BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Hard Prompts11131485
ARC-AGI-2—60.4%
NYT Connections (extended)—89%
ARC-AGI-1—91.2%
CritPt—10.6%
Chess Puzzles—43%
Mystery Game Puzzles—30%
DTBench—95.5%
LMCA—44.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index—154.25

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

DBRX: 24.3 (#269), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40)

BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Math11451505
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—58.9%
FrontierMath Tier 4—22%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—70.8%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—94.2%
ProofBench—36%
MATH Level 511.7%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

DBRX: 14.9 (#294), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8)

BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.6 Flash
GPQA Diamond32.9%94.1%
LMArena Expert10761488
SimpleQA Verified—66.2%

Multimodal Not comparable

DBRX: —, Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64)

BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision—1298
Blueprint-Bench 2—31.2%
Furniture Assembly—23.3%
LMArena Document—1456

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

DBRX: 29.3 (#268), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19)

BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Non-English10711469
LMArena Chinese10681531
LMArena French10961504
LMArena German10571478
LMArena Japanese9901476
LMArena Korean9931431
LMArena Russian10781487
LMArena Spanish10641475

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

DBRX: 57.5 (#270), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33)

BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following11121466

Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

DBRX: 33.7 (#258), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50)

BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Longer Query11121474

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

DBRX: 33.6 (#275), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27)

BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text11191479
LMArena Creative Writing11041465
LMArena Multi-Turn11111481
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1604

Frequently asked questions

Is DBRX better than Gemini 3.6 Flash?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is DBRX or Gemini 3.6 Flash better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DBRX and Gemini 3.6 Flash share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46.

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