Model comparison
Gemma 2B vs Granite 3.0 8b Instruct
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.6 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2B scores higher in 0 categories and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct in 7 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads 56.0 to 48.5.
Side by side
| Gemma 2B | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | |
| Noometry Index | 29.6 | 31.6 |
| Released | 2024-02-21 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 23 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.7 (#301)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1010 | 1112 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 29.3% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 35.4% |
| HumanEval+ | 20.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 34.1% | — |
Reasoning Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 20.9 (#230)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 989 | 1092 |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 35.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 94.2 | — |
| HellaSwag | 71.4% | — |
| PIQA | 77.3% | — |
| WinoGrande | 65.4% | — |
Math Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 32.8 (#210)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1009 | 1143 |
| GSM8K | 17.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 2B: —, Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.6 (#236)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1087 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.1% | — |
| BoolQ | 69.4% | — |
| MMLU | 42.3% | — |
| TriviaQA | 53.2% | — |
Multilingual Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 27.2 (#276)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 958 | 1037 |
| LMArena Chinese | 986 | 1063 |
| LMArena Russian | 937 | 1060 |
Instruction Following Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 56.0 (#276)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 970 | 1088 |
Long Context Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 34.0 (#252)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 981 | 1122 |
Writing & Preference Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#285)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1002 | 1096 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 987 | 1071 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 945 | 1063 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2B better than Granite 3.0 8b Instruct?
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.6 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2B or Granite 3.0 8b Instruct better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (29.4 vs 29.7); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2B and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has 14.