Model comparison

DBRX vs Granite 3.1 8b Instruct

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

DBRX Databricks

29.4

Rank #311 Confirmed

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct IBM

32.4

Rank #258 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 0 categories and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads 31.1 to 14.9.

Side by side

DBRX and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct specifications
DBRXGranite 3.1 8b Instruct
ProviderDatabricksIBM
Noometry Index29.432.4
Released2024-03-27—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2113

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Category by category

Coding Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads

DBRX: 32.9 (#266), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 34.5 (#233)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGranite 3.1 8b Instruct
LMArena Coding11321186
HumanEval+70.1%—
MBPP+55.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DBRX: —, Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 24.1 (#120)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGranite 3.1 8b Instruct
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—27.1%

Reasoning Too close to call

DBRX: 21.4 (#222), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 22.1 (#207)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGranite 3.1 8b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts11131145

Math Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads

DBRX: 24.3 (#269), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 33.0 (#209)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGranite 3.1 8b Instruct
LMArena Math11451152
MATH Level 511.7%—

Knowledge Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads

DBRX: 14.9 (#294), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#220)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGranite 3.1 8b Instruct
LMArena Expert10761142
GPQA Diamond32.9%—

Multilingual Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads

DBRX: 29.3 (#268), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.9 (#260)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGranite 3.1 8b Instruct
LMArena Non-English10711099
LMArena Chinese10681145
LMArena Russian10781092
LMArena French1096—
LMArena German1057—
LMArena Japanese990—
LMArena Korean993—
LMArena Spanish1064—

Instruction Following Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads

DBRX: 57.5 (#270), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 58.6 (#259)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGranite 3.1 8b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following11121131

Long Context Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads

DBRX: 33.7 (#258), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.2 (#241)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGranite 3.1 8b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query11121162

Writing & Preference Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads

DBRX: 33.6 (#275), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.5 (#266)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXGranite 3.1 8b Instruct
LMArena Text11191150
LMArena Creative Writing11041129
LMArena Multi-Turn11111108

Frequently asked questions

Is DBRX better than Granite 3.1 8b Instruct?

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is DBRX or Granite 3.1 8b Instruct better for coding?

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.5 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DBRX and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has 13.

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