Noometry

Model comparison

DBRX vs Gemini 3.8 Flash

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

DBRX Databricks

29.4

Rank #311 Confirmed

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 3.8 Flash in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 74.8 to 14.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 32.9% for DBRX and 95.4% for Gemini 3.8 Flash.
  • DBRX has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DBRXGemini 3.8 Flash
ProviderDatabricksGoogle
Noometry Index29.461.8
Released2024-03-272026-09-02
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1.05M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.75
Output $ / M tokens—$3.75
Results tracked2150

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

DBRX: 32.9 (#266), Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15)

BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.8 Flash
LMArena Coding11321510
DeepSWE—73.8%
FrontierCode—41.2%
CursorBench—39.6%
LMArena WebDev—1584
FrontierSWE—19.6%
SciCode—56.6%
WeirdML—84.8%
ALE-Bench—1,270
HumanEval+70.1%—
MBPP+55.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DBRX: —, Gemini 3.8 Flash: 41.8 (#21)

BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.8 Flash
APEX-Agents—64.3%
Remote Labor Index—5.8%
GDP.pdf—23.4%
Vending-Bench 2—5,094

Reasoning Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

DBRX: 21.4 (#222), Gemini 3.8 Flash: 76.9 (#5)

BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.8 Flash
LMArena Hard Prompts11131508
ARC-AGI-2—89.2%
NYT Connections (extended)—97.4%
ARC-AGI-1—98.5%
CritPt—18.3%
Chess Puzzles—61%
Mystery Game Puzzles—47%
DTBench—95.7%
LMCA—52.9%
Surface Evolver Bench—76.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index—156.71

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

DBRX: 24.3 (#269), Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.3 (#28)

BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.8 Flash
LMArena Math11451528
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—68.4%
FrontierMath Tier 4—22%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—98.9%
ProofBench—48%
MATH Level 511.7%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

DBRX: 14.9 (#294), Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.8 (#2)

BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.8 Flash
GPQA Diamond32.9%95.4%
LMArena Expert10761524
Humanity's Last Exam—44.5%
SimpleQA Verified—69.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

DBRX: —, Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45)

BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.8 Flash
LMArena Vision—1314
Blueprint-Bench 2—38.6%
Furniture Assembly—31.7%

Multilingual Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

DBRX: 29.3 (#268), Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5)

BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.8 Flash
LMArena Non-English10711491
LMArena Chinese10681554
LMArena French10961498
LMArena German10571493
LMArena Japanese9901502
LMArena Korean9931459
LMArena Russian10781515
LMArena Spanish10641485

Instruction Following Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

DBRX: 57.5 (#270), Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13)

BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.8 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following11121490

Long Context Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

DBRX: 33.7 (#258), Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24)

BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.8 Flash
LMArena Longer Query11121508

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

DBRX: 33.6 (#275), Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15)

BenchmarkDBRXGemini 3.8 Flash
LMArena Text11191499
LMArena Creative Writing11041492
LMArena Multi-Turn11111501
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1748

Frequently asked questions

Is DBRX better than Gemini 3.8 Flash?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is DBRX or Gemini 3.8 Flash better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.2 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DBRX and Gemini 3.8 Flash share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50.

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