Model comparison
Claude 2 vs Granite 3.1 8b Instruct
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- The widest gap is in math, where Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads 33.0 to 9.3.
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 2 | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 25.0 | 32.4 |
| Released | 2023-07-11 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 8 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 34.5 (#233)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1186 |
| HumanEval+ | 61.6% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 24.1 (#120)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 27.1% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Claude 2: 21.7 (#216), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 22.1 (#207)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1145 |
| DTBench | 51.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.13 | — |
Math Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Claude 2: 9.3 (#320), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 33.0 (#209)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1152 |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |
Knowledge Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Claude 2: 16.9 (#287), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#220)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1142 |
| MMLU | 78.5% | — |
| TriviaQA | 87.5% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.9 (#260)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1099 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1145 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1092 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 58.6 (#259)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1131 |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.2 (#241)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1162 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.5 (#266)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1150 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1129 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1108 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2 better than Granite 3.1 8b Instruct?
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has 13.