Model comparison
Gemma 7B vs Granite 3.0 8b Instruct
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.6 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 7B scores higher in 1 category and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads 56.0 to 51.5.
Side by side
| Gemma 7B | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | |
| Noometry Index | 30.0 | 31.6 |
| Released | 2024-02-21 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 27 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Gemma 7B: 30.5 (#294), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.7 (#301)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1048 | 1112 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 29.3% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 35.4% |
| HumanEval+ | 28.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 43.4% | — |
Reasoning Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
Gemma 7B: 19.9 (#249), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 20.9 (#230)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1042 | 1092 |
| Adversarial NLI | 48.7% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 55.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 111.99 | — |
| HellaSwag | 82.2% | — |
| PIQA | 81.2% | — |
| WinoGrande | 79% | — |
Math Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
Gemma 7B: 31.2 (#228), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 32.8 (#210)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1066 | 1143 |
| GSM8K | 46.4% | — |
Knowledge Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
Gemma 7B: 27.3 (#252), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.6 (#236)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1001 | 1087 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 78.3% | — |
| BoolQ | 83.2% | — |
| MMLU | 66.1% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 78.6% | — |
| TriviaQA | 72.3% | — |
Multilingual Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
Gemma 7B: 25.1 (#287), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 27.2 (#276)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 999 | 1037 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1035 | 1063 |
| LMArena Russian | 993 | 1060 |
| LMArena French | 1025 | — |
Instruction Following Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
Gemma 7B: 51.5 (#295), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 56.0 (#276)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1017 | 1088 |
Long Context Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
Gemma 7B: 31.1 (#282), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 34.0 (#252)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1022 | 1122 |
Writing & Preference Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
Gemma 7B: 27.1 (#302), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#285)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1056 | 1096 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1024 | 1071 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 963 | 1063 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 7B better than Granite 3.0 8b Instruct?
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.6 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 7B or Granite 3.0 8b Instruct better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (30.5 vs 29.7); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 7B and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 7B has 27 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has 14.