Model comparison

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B vs Granite 3.1 2b Instruct

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct IBM

33.2

Rank #247 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B leads 49.0 to 34.1.

Side by side

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B and Granite 3.1 2b Instruct specifications
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
ProviderDeepSeekIBM
Noometry Index37.833.2
Released2025-01-20—
WeightsOpenOpen
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Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1312

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 36.8 (#202), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 33.4 (#257)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
BigCodeBench Instruct35.3%—
LiveBench Coding51.6%—
LMArena Coding—1149
BigCodeBench Complete49.9%—

Reasoning DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 24.9 (#156), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 22.0 (#209)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.3%—
LiveBench Reasoning67.6%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1138
LiveBench Data Analysis55.9%—
LiveBench54.5%—

Math DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 36.0 (#176), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 33.1 (#206)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202551.4%—
LiveBench Math58.1%—
LMArena Math—1159
MATH Level 589.9%—

Knowledge Too close to call

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 30.7 (#225), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 30.8 (#224)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
GPQA Diamond55.7%—
LMArena Expert—1131

Multilingual Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: —, Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 29.1 (#269)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Non-English—1068
LMArena Chinese—1139
LMArena Russian—1063

Instruction Following DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 68.2 (#190), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 57.7 (#264)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LiveBench Instruction Following69.9%—
LMArena Instruction Following—1116

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: —, Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 35.0 (#244)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query—1155

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 49.0 (#194), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 34.1 (#274)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Text—1127
LMArena Creative Writing—1116
LMArena Multi-Turn—1099
LiveBench Language23.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B better than Granite 3.1 2b Instruct?

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B or Granite 3.1 2b Instruct better for coding?

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.8 versus 33.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B and Granite 3.1 2b Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B has 13 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has 12.

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