DBRX on HellaSwag: score, rank and what it means
DBRX scores 84.5 on HellaSwag, placing it #264 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 81.4 and the leader is GPT-5.2 Max at 96.1.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on HellaSwag, with DBRX highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5.2 Max | OpenAI | 1000000 | $21.39 | 89.2 |
| 2 | GPT-5.2 Turbo | OpenAI | 1000000 | $20.73 | 87.4 |
| 3 | GPT-5.2 Pro | OpenAI | 2000000 | $21.32 | 89.6 |
| 4 | Claude Opus 4.5 Pro | Anthropic | 200000 | $20.98 | 89.1 |
| 5 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.48 | 87.7 |
| 6 | Grok 4 Reasoning | xAI | 2000000 | $19.67 | 87.8 |
| 7 | GPT-5.2 Vision | OpenAI | 1000000 | $19.03 | 87.4 |
| 8 | Gemini 3 Pro Turbo | Google DeepMind | 400000 | $19.62 | 86.4 |
| 9 | GPT-5.1 Reasoning | OpenAI | 400000 | $20.27 | 88.3 |
| 10 | o4 Pro | OpenAI | 1000000 | $19.37 | 87.3 |
What this score means
On HellaSwag, DBRX sits at #264 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Max, scores 96.1, so the gap to the top is 11.6 points. The median model in this index scores 83.6, which puts DBRX above the midpoint.
Databricks models average 76.4 on this benchmark. DBRX is 8.1 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average Databricks model.
Among open-weight models, the average is 80.2. DBRX is 4.3 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 84.5 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 $3.29 per million input tokens, DBRX is below the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on HellaSwag. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 3.1 Cerebras Chat | Cerebras | 32768 | $4.07 | 76.0 |
| GLM-4.5 Base | Zhipu AI | 32768 | $3.99 | 74.9 |
| Hunyuan-Large | Tencent | 65536 | $4.33 | 78.2 |
| Hunyuan-Turbo Turbo | Tencent | 65536 | $11.60 | 77.4 |
| DBRX | Databricks | 65536 | $3.29 | 73.3 |
| Llama 3 Novita | Novita AI | 128000 | $3.70 | 74.4 |
| Llama 3 Novita Instruct | Novita AI | 32768 | $3.94 | 75.6 |
Other benchmarks for DBRX
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 77.0 | 276 | 54th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 67.5 | 321 | 47th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 60.1 | 324 | 46th | |
| HumanEval | 78.2 | 284 | 53th | |
| MATH-500 | 76.3 | 291 | 52th | |
| AIME 2025 | 69.6 | 265 | 56th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 64.0 | 316 | 47th | |
| IFEval | 82.3 | 264 | 56th | |
| TruthfulQA | 77.9 | 256 | 57th | |
| MMMU | 69.3 | 320 | 47th | |
| Arena Elo | 1386.5 | 261 | 57th |
FAQ
What score does DBRX get on HellaSwag?
DBRX scores 84.5 on HellaSwag in this index. The benchmark average is 81.4 and the top score is 96.1.
How does DBRX rank on HellaSwag?
It ranks #264 of 600 models, in the 56th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Max at 96.1.
Is DBRX good at HellaSwag?
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 HellaSwag score calculated?
HellaSwag is a commonsense 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 cost?
DBRX costs $3.29 per million input tokens and $16.96 per million output tokens.