Model comparison
Dolly 2.0-12b vs Granite 4.0 Micro
Granite 4.0 Micro is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.0 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Granite 4.0 Micro leads 46.7 to 15.2.
Side by side
| Dolly 2.0-12b | Granite 4.0 Micro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 25.5 | 29.0 |
| Released | 2023-04-11 | 2025-10-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 118K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.017 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.11 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 8 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 776 | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316), Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 89.67 | — |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |
Math Dolly 2.0-12b leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251), Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 2.8% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 20.9% |
| LMArena Math | 871 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 28.3% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 39.5% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.7% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | — |
Instruction Following Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304), Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 84.9% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | — |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311), Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | — |
| WildBench | — | 67% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Granite 4.0 Micro?
Granite 4.0 Micro is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.0 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Granite 4.0 Micro share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 Micro has 8.