Model comparison
DBRX vs Gemma 2 27B
DBRX and Gemma 2 27B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.4 vs 29.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.
Databricks
GoogleSummary
- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 2 categories and Gemma 2 27B in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where DBRX leads 24.3 to 10.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 11.7% for DBRX and 27.9% for Gemma 2 27B.
Side by side
| DBRX | Gemma 2 27B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 29.4 |
| Released | 2024-03-27 | 2024-06-24 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 8K |
| Max output | — | 2K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.65 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.65 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 34 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 2 27B leads
DBRX: 32.9 (#266), Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | 1211 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 42.8% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 36% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 52.5% |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |
Reasoning DBRX leads
DBRX: 21.4 (#222), Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1198 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 28.1% |
| DTBench | — | 48% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 47.9% |
| LMCA | — | 7.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 122.08 |
| LiveBench | — | 38.2% |
Math DBRX leads
DBRX: 24.3 (#269), Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1145 | 1212 |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | 27.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 1.4% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 26.5% |
Knowledge Gemma 2 27B leads
DBRX: 14.9 (#294), Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | 36.5% |
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | 1172 |
| Confabulations | — | 27.1% |
| MMLU | — | 75.7% |
Multilingual Gemma 2 27B leads
DBRX: 29.3 (#268), Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | 1217 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | 1221 |
| LMArena French | 1096 | 1247 |
| LMArena German | 1057 | 1209 |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | 1175 |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | 1174 |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | 1234 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | 1228 |
Instruction Following Gemma 2 27B leads
DBRX: 57.5 (#270), Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | 1206 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 58.1% |
Long Context Gemma 2 27B leads
DBRX: 33.7 (#258), Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | 1231 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 2 27B leads
DBRX: 33.6 (#275), Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemma 2 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | 1231 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | 1241 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | 1224 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 32.6% |
Frequently asked questions
Is DBRX better than Gemma 2 27B?
DBRX and Gemma 2 27B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.4 vs 29.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is DBRX or Gemma 2 27B better for coding?
Gemma 2 27B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.1 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do DBRX and Gemma 2 27B share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 27B has 34.