Model comparison

Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Granite 3.0 2b Instruct

Claude Haiku 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.5 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Claude Haiku 5.5 Anthropic

49.5

Rank #52 Confirmed

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct IBM

30.8

Rank #286 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Claude Haiku 5.5 leads 73.6 to 32.2.
  • Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Haiku 5.5 and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct specifications
Claude Haiku 5.5Granite 3.0 2b Instruct
ProviderAnthropicIBM
Noometry Index49.530.8
Released2026-10-07—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.10—
Output $ / M tokens$0.50—
Results tracked913

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Category by category

Coding Claude Haiku 5.5 leads

Claude Haiku 5.5: 49.2 (#50), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 28.3 (#316)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Haiku 5.5Granite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena WebDev1587—
BigCodeBench Instruct—20.5%
LMArena Coding—1090

Reasoning Claude Haiku 5.5 leads

Claude Haiku 5.5: 35.2 (#69), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 20.5 (#235)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Haiku 5.5Granite 3.0 2b Instruct
NYT Connections (extended)65.7%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1073
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—

Math Claude Haiku 5.5 leads

Claude Haiku 5.5: 73.6 (#18), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.2 (#217)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Haiku 5.5Granite 3.0 2b Instruct
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)75.1%—
FrontierMath Tier 446.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%—
LMArena Math—1117

Knowledge Claude Haiku 5.5 leads

Claude Haiku 5.5: 50.8 (#70), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.0 (#241)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Haiku 5.5Granite 3.0 2b Instruct
GPQA Diamond89.6%—
SimpleQA Verified23.8%—
LMArena Expert—1064

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Haiku 5.5: 43.7 (#21), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Haiku 5.5Granite 3.0 2b Instruct
Furniture Assembly47.5%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Claude Haiku 5.5: —, Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.0 (#278)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Haiku 5.5Granite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Non-English—1033
LMArena Chinese—1070
LMArena Russian—1045

Instruction Following Not comparable

Claude Haiku 5.5: —, Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 53.9 (#284)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Haiku 5.5Granite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following—1056

Long Context Not comparable

Claude Haiku 5.5: —, Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.5 (#268)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Haiku 5.5Granite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query—1070

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Claude Haiku 5.5: —, Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.6 (#292)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Haiku 5.5Granite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Text—1080
LMArena Creative Writing—1046
LMArena Multi-Turn—1053

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Haiku 5.5 better than Granite 3.0 2b Instruct?

Claude Haiku 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.5 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Haiku 5.5 or Granite 3.0 2b Instruct better for coding?

Claude Haiku 5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.2 versus 28.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Haiku 5.5 and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Haiku 5.5 has 9 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has 13.

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