Model comparison
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct vs Granite 3.0 8b Instruct
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.8 vs 31.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 3.0 2b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct in 8 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Instruct: 20.5% for Granite 3.0 2b Instruct and 29.3% for Granite 3.0 8b Instruct.
Side by side
| Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 31.6 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 13 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 28.3 (#316), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.7 (#301)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 20.5% | 29.3% |
| LMArena Coding | 1090 | 1112 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 35.4% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 20.5 (#235), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 20.9 (#230)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1073 | 1092 |
Math Too close to call
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.2 (#217), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 32.8 (#210)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1117 | 1143 |
Knowledge Too close to call
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.0 (#241), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.6 (#236)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1064 | 1087 |
Multilingual Too close to call
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.0 (#278), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 27.2 (#276)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1033 | 1037 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1070 | 1063 |
| LMArena Russian | 1045 | 1060 |
Instruction Following Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 53.9 (#284), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 56.0 (#276)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1056 | 1088 |
Long Context Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.5 (#268), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 34.0 (#252)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1070 | 1122 |
Writing & Preference Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.6 (#292), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#285)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1080 | 1096 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1046 | 1071 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1053 | 1063 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 3.0 2b Instruct better than Granite 3.0 8b Instruct?
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.8 vs 31.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Granite 3.0 2b Instruct or Granite 3.0 8b Instruct better for coding?
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 29.7 versus 28.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 3.0 2b Instruct and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has 13 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has 14.