DBRX Instruct on Arena Elo: score, rank and what it means
DBRX Instruct scores 1374.8 on Arena Elo, placing it #293 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 Instruct 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 Instruct sits at #293 of 600. The leader, Claude Opus 4.5 Max, scores 1501.9, so the gap to the top is 127.1 points. The median model in this index scores 1373.8, which puts DBRX Instruct above the midpoint.
Databricks models average 1303.5 on this benchmark. DBRX Instruct is 71.3 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 Instruct is 36.8 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 1374.8 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 $3.21 per million input tokens, DBRX Instruct 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fusion Pro | OpenRouter | 65536 | $8.69 | 72.2 |
| Command R+ Base | Cohere | 65536 | $3.24 | 71.6 |
| Llama 3 Hyperbolic Chat | Hyperbolic | 200000 | $3.64 | 75.1 |
| Llama 3 DeepInfra Instruct | DeepInfra | 65536 | $3.84 | 75.5 |
| DBRX Instruct | Databricks | 8192 | $3.21 | 72.4 |
| o4 Nano | OpenAI | 65536 | $8.61 | 72.0 |
| Llama 3 DeepInfra Base | DeepInfra | 16384 | $2.95 | 71.8 |
Other benchmarks for DBRX Instruct
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 74.2 | 346 | 42th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 66.6 | 337 | 44th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 58.7 | 346 | 42th | |
| HumanEval | 74.8 | 346 | 42th | |
| MATH-500 | 75.7 | 308 | 49th | |
| AIME 2025 | 67.5 | 301 | 50th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 65.0 | 294 | 51th | |
| IFEval | 82.5 | 259 | 57th | |
| TruthfulQA | 77.6 | 264 | 56th | |
| HellaSwag | 83.1 | 315 | 48th | |
| MMMU | 70.2 | 289 | 52th |
FAQ
What score does DBRX Instruct get on Arena Elo?
DBRX Instruct scores 1374.8 on Arena Elo in this index. The benchmark average is 1349.9 and the top score is 1501.9.
How does DBRX Instruct rank on Arena Elo?
It ranks #293 of 600 models, in the 51st percentile. The leader is Claude Opus 4.5 Max at 1501.9.
Is DBRX Instruct good at Arena Elo?
Yes, relative to the index: it is above the median and inside the top half of scores. 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 Instruct cost?
DBRX Instruct costs $3.21 per million input tokens and $15.67 per million output tokens.