Model comparison

Codellama 70b Instruct vs Granite 3.0 2b Instruct

Codellama 70b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.

Codellama 70b Instruct Meta

33.7

Rank #237 Confirmed

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct IBM

30.8

Rank #286 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher in 2 categories and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct in 3 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where Codellama 70b Instruct leads 37.6 to 28.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Instruct: 40.7% for Codellama 70b Instruct and 20.5% for Granite 3.0 2b Instruct.

Side by side

Codellama 70b Instruct and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct specifications
Codellama 70b InstructGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
ProviderMetaIBM
Noometry Index33.730.8
Released——
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked713

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Category by category

Coding Codellama 70b Instruct leads

Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#193), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 28.3 (#316)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
BigCodeBench Instruct40.7%20.5%
LMArena Coding—1090
BigCodeBench Complete49.6%—
HumanEval+65.9%—

Reasoning Too close to call

Codellama 70b Instruct: 20.1 (#242), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 20.5 (#235)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts10521073

Math Not comparable

Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.2 (#217)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Math—1117

Knowledge Not comparable

Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.0 (#241)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Expert—1064

Multilingual Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads

Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.8 (#288), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.0 (#278)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Non-English9921033
LMArena Chinese—1070
LMArena Russian—1045

Instruction Following Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads

Codellama 70b Instruct: 51.9 (#293), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 53.9 (#284)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following10241056

Long Context Not comparable

Codellama 70b Instruct: —, Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.5 (#268)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query—1070

Writing & Preference Codellama 70b Instruct leads

Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.4 (#277), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.6 (#292)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 70b InstructGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Text10571080
LMArena Creative Writing—1046
LMArena Multi-Turn—1053

Frequently asked questions

Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than Granite 3.0 2b Instruct?

Codellama 70b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Codellama 70b Instruct or Granite 3.0 2b Instruct better for coding?

Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.6 versus 28.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct share?

5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has 13.

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