Model comparison
Claude 2 vs Granite 3.0 8b Instruct
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.1 to 24.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- The widest gap is in math, where Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads 30.3 to 8.7.
- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 2 | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 24.7 | 31.1 |
| Released | 2023-07-11 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 8 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.1 (#297)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 29.3% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1113 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 35.4% |
| HumanEval+ | 61.6% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Claude 2: 20.8 (#213), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 20.0 (#227)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1092 |
| DTBench | 51.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.08 | — |
Math Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
Claude 2: 8.7 (#314), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 30.3 (#211)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1143 |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |
Knowledge Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
Claude 2: 17.0 (#282), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.1 (#233)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1087 |
| MMLU | 78.5% | — |
| TriviaQA | 87.5% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 27.4 (#271)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1037 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1063 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1060 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 56.2 (#271)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1088 |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 34.0 (#247)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1122 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 31.2 (#280)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1096 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1071 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1063 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2 better than Granite 3.0 8b Instruct?
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.1 to 24.7 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has 14.