Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 7b IT vs Granite 3.0 2b Instruct

Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.7 vs 30.2), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 7b IT Google

30.7

Rank #275 Confirmed

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct IBM

30.2

Rank #284 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 7b IT scores higher in 4 categories and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct in 4 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads 31.0 to 27.8.

Side by side

Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct specifications
Gemma 1.1 7b ITGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
ProviderGoogleIBM
Noometry Index30.730.2
Released——
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1913

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 31.0 (#279), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.8 (#311)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Coding10841090
BigCodeBench Instruct—20.5%
HumanEval+35.4%—
MBPP+45%—

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 19.6 (#235), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 19.6 (#234)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts10711073

Math Too close to call

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 29.5 (#217), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.7 (#215)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Math11071117

Knowledge Too close to call

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 27.8 (#242), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 28.4 (#238)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Expert10391064

Multilingual Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.3 (#268), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.1 (#273)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Non-English10521033
LMArena Chinese10601070
LMArena Russian10461045
LMArena French1064—
LMArena German1054—
LMArena Japanese971—
LMArena Korean988—
LMArena Spanish1049—

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 54.3 (#278), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 54.2 (#279)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following10571056

Long Context Too close to call

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.0 (#267), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.5 (#263)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query10561071

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 30.6 (#283), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.8 (#287)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Text10941080
LMArena Creative Writing10591046
LMArena Multi-Turn10401053

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT better than Granite 3.0 2b Instruct?

Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.7 vs 30.2), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT or Granite 3.0 2b Instruct better for coding?

Gemma 1.1 7b IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.0 versus 27.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 7b IT has 19 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has 13.

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