DBRX vs Molmo 72B
A complete head-to-head: pricing, context window, benchmarks, modality coverage, and openness, with a programmatic verdict synthesized from the underlying data.
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DBRX specs · Molmo 72B specs- PriceTie
Neither model publishes per-token API pricing.
- Context windowDBRX
DBRX accepts 32K tokens vs 4K, 8.0× the room for long documents and codebases.
- BenchmarksTie
No directly comparable public benchmarks are available for both models, check the spec sheets for individual scores.
- ModalitiesMolmo 72B
Molmo 72B supports 2 modalities (text, vision) vs 1 for DBRX.
- OpennessTie
Both ship open weights, self-host either one.
It's a genuine coin-flip between DBRX and Molmo 72B: 1 category wins each, with the rest tied. Neither model publishes per-token API pricing. DBRX accepts 32K tokens vs 4K, 8.0× the room for long documents and codebases.
No directly comparable public benchmarks are available for both models, check the spec sheets for individual scores. They differ in modality coverage, DBRX handles text while Molmo 72B handles text, vision, which can be the deciding factor before you even look at benchmarks. Both ship open weights, self-host either one.
Molmo 72B is the newer of the two, released 6 months after DBRX, which usually means a more recent knowledge cutoff and updated safety post-training. DBRX is usually picked for enterprise llm and sql generation workloads, while Molmo 72B sees more deployments in vision and open source llm. If pricing matters more than every last benchmark point, run the numbers in the calculator below before committing.
Side-by-side specs
| Spec | DBRX | Molmo 72B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Other | Other |
| Released | Mar 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| Modalities | text | text, vision |
| Context window | 32K tokens | 4K tokens |
| Max output | , | , |
| Input · 1M | Pricing not published | Pricing not published |
| Output · 1M | Pricing not published | Pricing not published |
| Knowledge cutoff | , | , |
| Open weights | Yes (Databricks Open Model License) | Yes (Apache-2.0) |
| API available | Yes | No |
Pricing at scale
What you'd actually pay at typical workloads. Numbers come from each model's published per-million-token rates.
- Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day, vs ,
- Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day, vs ,
- RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day, vs ,
Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates). Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates). RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates).
Estimated spend for the listed models at your usage. Numbers are derived from each model's published per-million-token rates.
- DBRXPricing unavailable
- Molmo 72BPricing unavailable
Benchmarks compared
Only sourced numbers. Where a benchmark is missing for one model we show the available value rather than fabricating the other.
- MMLU73.7
DBRX fits when…
- Databricks-native
- Tuned for enterprise SQL/code
- Long-context tasks, handles 32K tokens vs 4K for Molmo 72B.
Molmo 72B fits when…
- Fully open (data + code + weights)
- Apache-2.0
- Multimodal needs covering vision.
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Frequently asked
Is DBRX or Molmo 72B cheaper?
Per-token pricing isn't published for at least one of these models, check each model's spec page for current rates.Which has the larger context window?
DBRX accepts 32K tokens vs 4K for Molmo 72B.Is DBRX or Molmo 72B better for coding?
Both DBRX and Molmo 72B are competitive on coding benchmarks. See each model's individual spec page for HumanEval and SWE-bench scores where published. For an opinionated pick, consult our Best LLM for Coding ranking.Are either of these models open source?
Both ship with open weights. DBRX is licensed under Databricks Open Model License; Molmo 72B under Apache-2.0.When were DBRX and Molmo 72B released?
DBRX was released by Other on 2024-03-27. Molmo 72B was released by Other on 2024-09-25.
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