Model comparison

Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Granite 3.1 2b Instruct

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.2 to 29.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Claude 3.5 Haiku Anthropic

29.2

Rank #315 Confirmed

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct IBM

33.2

Rank #247 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3.5 Haiku scores higher in 4 categories and Granite 3.1 2b Instruct in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads 33.1 to 14.7.
  • Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude 3.5 Haiku and Granite 3.1 2b Instruct specifications
Claude 3.5 HaikuGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
ProviderAnthropicIBM
Noometry Index29.233.2
Released2024-10-22—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Max output——
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Results tracked4912

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Claude 3.5 Haiku: 32.9 (#265), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 33.4 (#257)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 HaikuGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Coding12861149
Aider Polyglot28%—
SciCode27.4%—
WeirdML30.7%—
BigCodeBench Instruct46.1%—
LiveBench Coding51.4%—
BigCodeBench Complete59%—
CadEval32%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude 3.5 Haiku: 28.0 (#95), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 HaikuGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
BALROG19.3%—

Reasoning Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads

Claude 3.5 Haiku: 17.7 (#290), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 22.0 (#209)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 HaikuGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts12511138
CritPt0%—
LiveBench Reasoning28.1%—
DTBench56.7%—
LiveBench Data Analysis48.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index127.15—
LiveBench43.5%—

Math Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads

Claude 3.5 Haiku: 14.7 (#300), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 33.1 (#206)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 HaikuGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Math12441159
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20254.3%—
Omni-MATH22.4%—
LiveBench Math35.5%—
MATH Level 546.4%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)0.3%—

Knowledge Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads

Claude 3.5 Haiku: 18.7 (#281), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 30.8 (#224)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 HaikuGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Expert12081131
GPQA Diamond38.1%—
MMLU-Pro60.5%—
Confabulations36.7%—
GPQA (HELM)36.3%—
MMLU74.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude 3.5 Haiku: 26.8 (#117), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 HaikuGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Vision1092—
GeoBench34%—

Multilingual Claude 3.5 Haiku leads

Claude 3.5 Haiku: 40.0 (#218), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 29.1 (#269)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 HaikuGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Non-English12381068
LMArena Chinese12291139
LMArena Russian12531063
LMArena French1264—
LMArena German1237—
LMArena Japanese1175—
LMArena Korean1173—
LMArena Spanish1261—

Instruction Following Claude 3.5 Haiku leads

Claude 3.5 Haiku: 62.9 (#234), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 57.7 (#264)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 HaikuGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following12411116
LiveBench Instruction Following61.9%—
IFEval79.2%—

Long Context Claude 3.5 Haiku leads

Claude 3.5 Haiku: 38.3 (#200), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 35.0 (#244)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 HaikuGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query12611155

Writing & Preference Claude 3.5 Haiku leads

Claude 3.5 Haiku: 42.7 (#234), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 34.1 (#274)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 HaikuGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Text12551127
LMArena Creative Writing12331116
LMArena Multi-Turn12651099
Short-Story Creative Writing73.5%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1146—
WildBench76%—
LiveBench Language35.4%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude 3.5 Haiku better than Granite 3.1 2b Instruct?

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.2 to 29.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude 3.5 Haiku or Granite 3.1 2b Instruct better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (32.9 vs 33.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do Claude 3.5 Haiku and Granite 3.1 2b Instruct share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3.5 Haiku has 49 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has 12.

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