Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.
Qwen3.5 397B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 71 to 32. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Qwen3.5 397B gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 32K for DBRX Instruct.
Pick Qwen3.5 397B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DBRX Instruct only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority.
Qwen3.5 397B
67.7
DBRX Instruct
73.7
Qwen3.5 397B
52
DBRX Instruct
70.1
Qwen3.5 397B is ahead overall, 71 to 32. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 83 and 73.7.
DBRX Instruct has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.7 versus 67.7. 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 52. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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