DBRX Base on Arena Elo: score, rank and what it means
DBRX Base scores 1352.8 on Arena Elo, placing it #359 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 1349.9 and the leader is Claude Opus 4.5 Max at 1501.9.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on Arena Elo, with DBRX Base highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Opus 4.5 Max | Anthropic | 1000000 | $20.90 | 87.8 |
| 2 | GPT-5.2 Reasoning | OpenAI | 1000000 | $20.98 | 87.5 |
| 3 | GPT-5.2 Turbo | OpenAI | 1000000 | $20.73 | 87.4 |
| 4 | Claude Opus 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 2000000 | $20.91 | 88.2 |
| 5 | GPT-5.2 Max | OpenAI | 1000000 | $21.39 | 89.2 |
| 6 | Gemini 3 Pro Turbo | Google DeepMind | 400000 | $19.62 | 86.4 |
| 7 | Grok 4 Max | xAI | 2000000 | $19.70 | 86.6 |
| 8 | Claude Opus 4.5 | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.42 | 87.7 |
| 9 | GPT-5.1 Pro | OpenAI | 200000 | $19.77 | 87.8 |
| 10 | Grok 4 Reasoning | xAI | 2000000 | $19.67 | 87.8 |
What this score means
On Arena Elo, DBRX Base sits at #359 of 600. The leader, Claude Opus 4.5 Max, scores 1501.9, so the gap to the top is 149.1 points. The median model in this index scores 1373.8, which puts DBRX Base below the midpoint.
Databricks models average 1303.5 on this benchmark. DBRX Base is 49.3 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average Databricks model.
Among open-weight models, the average is 1338.0. DBRX Base is 14.8 points above that group. This is the more useful comparison if you are shortlisting within the same tier rather than across the whole index.
Read a 1352.8 as a relative signal, not an absolute guarantee. Benchmark scores depend on prompt format, evaluation harness and contamination controls. Use this page to narrow the shortlist, then test the model on your own data.
Price context
At $2.63 per million input tokens, DBRX Base is below the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on Arena Elo. The models immediately around it in the ranking are shown below so you can compare score and price together.
| Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| o3 Nano | OpenAI | 32768 | $7.78 | 70.6 |
| Sonar Pro Mini | Perplexity | 8192 | $8.02 | 70.3 |
| Yi-Large Base | 01.AI | 16384 | $2.78 | 70.3 |
| Firesearch | Fireworks AI | 32768 | $7.03 | 68.5 |
| DBRX Base | Databricks | 32768 | $2.63 | 69.1 |
| GPT-4.1 Nano | OpenAI | 32768 | $7.42 | 70.5 |
| Firesearch Turbo | Fireworks AI | 16384 | $7.58 | 69.3 |
Other benchmarks for DBRX Base
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 74.4 | 343 | 43th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 66.5 | 338 | 44th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 55.0 | 385 | 36th | |
| HumanEval | 75.9 | 329 | 45th | |
| MATH-500 | 70.9 | 379 | 37th | |
| AIME 2025 | 63.5 | 363 | 40th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 58.3 | 384 | 36th | |
| IFEval | 76.7 | 380 | 37th | |
| TruthfulQA | 70.7 | 393 | 35th | |
| HellaSwag | 79.4 | 391 | 35th | |
| MMMU | 69.0 | 324 | 46th |
FAQ
What score does DBRX Base get on Arena Elo?
DBRX Base scores 1352.8 on Arena Elo in this index. The benchmark average is 1349.9 and the top score is 1501.9.
How does DBRX Base rank on Arena Elo?
It ranks #359 of 600 models, in the 40th percentile. The leader is Claude Opus 4.5 Max at 1501.9.
Is DBRX Base good at Arena Elo?
It is below the median for this benchmark, so test it carefully before relying on it for this capability. The result should be read alongside its price and context window.
How is the Arena Elo score calculated?
Arena Elo is a preference benchmark. Scores in this index are modelled estimates on a 0–100 scale (or Elo for Arena), derived from capability tier and benchmark difficulty. They are not official leaderboard results.
What does DBRX Base cost?
DBRX Base costs $2.63 per million input tokens and $11.61 per million output tokens.