Model comparison

GPT-5.5 Pro vs Granite 3.0 2b Instruct

GPT-5.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.3 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 Pro OpenAI

64.3

Rank #7 Confirmed

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct IBM

30.2

Rank #284 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.5 Pro leads 83.8 to 29.7.
  • Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 Pro and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct specifications
GPT-5.5 ProGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
ProviderOpenAIIBM
Noometry Index64.330.2
Released2026-04-23—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$30—
Output $ / M tokens$180—
Results tracked1413

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.8 (#311)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
BigCodeBench Instruct—20.5%
LMArena Coding—1090

Reasoning GPT-5.5 Pro leads

GPT-5.5 Pro: 73.6 (#7), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 19.6 (#234)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
SimpleBench76.9%—
ARC-AGI-196.5%—
CritPt30.6%—
Chess Puzzles64%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1073
DTBench96%—
LMCA53.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index162.45—

Math GPT-5.5 Pro leads

GPT-5.5 Pro: 83.8 (#8), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.7 (#215)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)87.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 478%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
LMArena Math—1117
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)52.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)39.6%—

Knowledge GPT-5.5 Pro leads

GPT-5.5 Pro: 64.2 (#17), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 28.4 (#238)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
GPQA Diamond93.9%—
LMArena Expert—1064

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.1 (#273)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Non-English—1033
LMArena Chinese—1070
LMArena Russian—1045

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 54.2 (#279)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following—1056

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.5 (#263)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query—1071

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.8 (#287)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Text—1080
LMArena Creative Writing—1046
LMArena Multi-Turn—1053

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 Pro better than Granite 3.0 2b Instruct?

GPT-5.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.3 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 Pro and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has 13.

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