Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.
Gemini 3 Flash is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 65 to 32. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Gemini 3 Flash is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.50 input / $3.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for DBRX Instruct. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. Gemini 3 Flash gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 32K for DBRX Instruct.
Pick Gemini 3 Flash if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DBRX Instruct only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.
Gemini 3 Flash
58.2
DBRX Instruct
73.7
Gemini 3 Flash
47.3
DBRX Instruct
70.1
Gemini 3 Flash is ahead overall, 65 to 32. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 62 and 70.1.
DBRX Instruct has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.7 versus 58.2. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
DBRX Instruct has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 70.1 versus 47.3. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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