Noometry

Model comparison

Dolly 2.0-12b vs Qwen3.8 Max

Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Dolly 2.0-12b Databricks

25.5

Rank #342 Confirmed

Qwen3.8 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

56.8

Rank #22 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.8 Max in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.8 Max leads 67.1 to 15.2.
  • Dolly 2.0-12b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Dolly 2.0-12bQwen3.8 Max
ProviderDatabricksAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index25.556.8
Released2023-04-112026-08-02
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$2
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked1739

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.8 Max leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332), Qwen3.8 Max: 53.5 (#29)

BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Coding7761502
DeepSWE—57.5%
LMArena WebDev—1674
FrontierSWE—17.8%
SciCode—53.2%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 45.4 (#14)

BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen3.8 Max
APEX-Agents—63.3%
τ²-bench Banking—55.1%
GDP.pdf—23.2%

Reasoning Qwen3.8 Max leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316), Qwen3.8 Max: 54.4 (#26)

BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Hard Prompts8041496
Epoch Capabilities Index89.67156.41
NYT Connections (extended)—88.3%
CritPt—20%
Chess Puzzles—40%
Mystery Game Puzzles—38%
DTBench—92%
LMCA—46.2%
HellaSwag70.8%—
PIQA75.4%—
WinoGrande61.8%—

Math Qwen3.8 Max leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251), Qwen3.8 Max: 73.2 (#20)

BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Math8711499
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—74.7%
FrontierMath Tier 4—46.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—100%
ProofBench—58%

Knowledge Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 61.7 (#27)

BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen3.8 Max
GPQA Diamond—92.7%
SimpleQA Verified—47.3%
LMArena Expert—1507
ARC (AI2) Challenge39.6%—
BoolQ56.3%—
MMLU26.2%—
OpenBookQA39.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 37.2 (#75)

BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Vision—1314
Furniture Assembly—20%

Multilingual Qwen3.8 Max leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296), Qwen3.8 Max: 56.7 (#18)

BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Non-English8361472
LMArena Chinese8361538
LMArena French—1503
LMArena German—1483
LMArena Japanese—1467
LMArena Korean—1461
LMArena Russian—1481
LMArena Spanish—1492

Instruction Following Qwen3.8 Max leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304), Qwen3.8 Max: 77.6 (#17)

BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Instruction Following8141479

Long Context Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 45.6 (#31)

BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Longer Query—1489

Writing & Preference Qwen3.8 Max leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311), Qwen3.8 Max: 67.1 (#30)

BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Text8511483
LMArena Creative Writing8641479
LMArena Multi-Turn7401489

Frequently asked questions

Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Qwen3.8 Max?

Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Dolly 2.0-12b or Qwen3.8 Max better for coding?

Qwen3.8 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.5 versus 23.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Qwen3.8 Max share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.8 Max has 39.

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