Model comparison
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct vs Llama 3.1-70B
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
MetaSummary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 3.0 2b Instruct scores higher in 2 categories and Llama 3.1-70B in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads 32.2 to 13.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Instruct: 20.5% for Granite 3.0 2b Instruct and 46.1% for Llama 3.1-70B.
Side by side
| Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Llama 3.1-70B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 29.6 |
| Released | — | 2024-07-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Results tracked | 13 | 35 |
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Category by category
Coding Llama 3.1-70B leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 28.3 (#316), Llama 3.1-70B: 30.3 (#296)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 20.5% | 46.1% |
| LMArena Coding | 1090 | 1260 |
| WeirdML | — | 9% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54.8% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: —, Llama 3.1-70B: 25.1 (#112)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | — | 6.9% |
| BALROG | — | 27.9% |
Reasoning Llama 3.1-70B leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 20.5 (#235), Llama 3.1-70B: 21.6 (#220)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1073 | 1241 |
| DTBench | — | 60% |
| LMCA | — | 14.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 125.92 |
Math Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.2 (#217), Llama 3.1-70B: 13.5 (#304)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1117 | 1252 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 3.6% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 21% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 36.7% |
Knowledge Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.0 (#241), Llama 3.1-70B: 24.2 (#269)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1064 | 1209 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 44.2% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 65.3% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 42.6% |
| MMLU | — | 80.1% |
Multilingual Llama 3.1-70B leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.0 (#278), Llama 3.1-70B: 38.8 (#225)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1033 | 1219 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1070 | 1215 |
| LMArena Russian | 1045 | 1234 |
| LMArena French | — | 1261 |
| LMArena German | — | 1222 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1132 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1140 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1253 |
Instruction Following Llama 3.1-70B leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 53.9 (#284), Llama 3.1-70B: 65.3 (#223)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1056 | 1231 |
| IFEval | — | 82.1% |
Long Context Llama 3.1-70B leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.5 (#268), Llama 3.1-70B: 37.6 (#214)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1070 | 1241 |
Writing & Preference Llama 3.1-70B leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.6 (#292), Llama 3.1-70B: 35.4 (#267)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1080 | 1261 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1046 | 1232 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1053 | 1256 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 784 |
| WildBench | — | 75.8% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 3.0 2b Instruct better than Llama 3.1-70B?
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 3.0 2b Instruct or Llama 3.1-70B better for coding?
Llama 3.1-70B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 30.3 versus 28.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 3.0 2b Instruct and Llama 3.1-70B share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has 13 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1-70B has 35.