Model comparison
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct vs Llama 3.2 90B
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.2 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
MetaSummary
- The widest gap is in math, where Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads 29.7 to 10.4.
Side by side
| Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Llama 3.2 90B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 30.2 | 27.1 |
| Released | — | 2024-09-24 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 13 | 9 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.8 (#311), Llama 3.2 90B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 20.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1090 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 29.7 (#73)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | — | 27.3% |
Reasoning Llama 3.2 90B leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 19.6 (#234), Llama 3.2 90B: 20.9 (#207)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1073 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 125.5 |
Math Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.7 (#215), Llama 3.2 90B: 10.4 (#302)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 2.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1117 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 39.4% |
Knowledge Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 28.4 (#238), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#269)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 41% |
| LMArena Expert | 1064 | — |
| MMLU | — | 80.3% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 24.9 (#119)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1000 |
| GeoBench | — | 52% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.1 (#273), Llama 3.2 90B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1033 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1070 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1045 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 54.2 (#279), Llama 3.2 90B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1056 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.5 (#263), Llama 3.2 90B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1071 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.8 (#287), Llama 3.2 90B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1080 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1046 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1053 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 3.0 2b Instruct better than Llama 3.2 90B?
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.2 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Granite 3.0 2b Instruct and Llama 3.2 90B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has 13 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 90B has 9.