# dots3-note Preview vs Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for dots3-note Preview and Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/dots3-note-preview-vs-reflection-beam-fp8
- Last updated: October 16, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 9
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 has the higher overall point estimate 71 to 63.76. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 76.6 for dots3-note Preview and 85.8 for Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is DeepSearchQA in Agentic, with scores of 92.1% and 79.6%.
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | dots3-note Preview | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Dots Studio | Reflection AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 512K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 63.76 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 31 | 19 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 59.2 (Estimated · #30/128)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Claw-Eval | 73.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 75.1% | 78.9% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 55.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | 52.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | 30.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 83.3% | 76.7% | dots3-note Preview |
| HLE w/ tools | 52.6% | 51.1% | dots3-note Preview |
| DeepSearchQA | 92.1% | 79.6% | dots3-note Preview |
| WideResearch | 78.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 36.8% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 81.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Codeforces | 3056.0 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 91.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 75.1% | 78.9% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 78.4% | 80.2% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 |
| SWE Multilingual | 75.7% | 78.1% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 61% | 65.9% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 |
| NL2Repo | 49.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 43.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA | Coming soon | 32.2% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 48.3% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 76.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 public-lane score: 85.8 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 81.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CritPt | Coming soon | 17.4% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 67.6% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 79.6 (Unranked · 10 rankable rows)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SimpleVQA | 72.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 79.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 87.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | 19.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 83.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GDP.pdf (no tools) | 60.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | 53.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | 50.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMVU | 79.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | 86.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE | 52.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 90.3% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 36% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 89.1 (#32/148)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 public-lane score: 89.8 (#28/148)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 80.4% | 80.7% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 |
| IFEval | 93.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 public-lane score: 87.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IMOAnswerBench | 90.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 98.0% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, dots3-note Preview or Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8?

Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between dots3-note Preview and Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 76.6 for dots3-note Preview and 85.8 for Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8.

### How many benchmarks does dots3-note Preview cover on BenchLM?

dots3-note Preview currently has 31 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 cover on BenchLM?

Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 currently has 19 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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