Model comparison
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct vs Ministral 8B
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.2 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 3.0 2b Instruct scores higher in 3 categories and Ministral 8B in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads 28.4 to 12.5.
Side by side
| Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Ministral 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 30.2 | 27.8 |
| Released | — | 2024-10-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.10 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.10 |
| Results tracked | 13 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Ministral 8B leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.8 (#311), Ministral 8B: 34.4 (#226)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1090 | 1202 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 20.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: —, Ministral 8B: 16.2 (#140)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 11.1% |
Reasoning Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 19.6 (#234), Ministral 8B: 17.7 (#279)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1073 | 1191 |
| DTBench | — | 45.7% |
Math Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.7 (#215), Ministral 8B: 23.7 (#262)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1117 | 1188 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 14.9% |
Knowledge Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 28.4 (#238), Ministral 8B: 12.5 (#292)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1064 | 1170 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 27.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.4% |
Multilingual Ministral 8B leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.1 (#273), Ministral 8B: 35.3 (#242)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1033 | 1165 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1070 | 1193 |
| LMArena Russian | 1045 | 1195 |
Instruction Following Ministral 8B leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 54.2 (#279), Ministral 8B: 60.7 (#245)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1056 | 1161 |
Long Context Ministral 8B leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.5 (#263), Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#222)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1071 | 1212 |
Writing & Preference Ministral 8B leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.8 (#287), Ministral 8B: 39.8 (#241)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1080 | 1191 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1046 | 1175 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1053 | 1166 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 3.0 2b Instruct better than Ministral 8B?
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.2 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 3.0 2b Instruct or Ministral 8B better for coding?
Ministral 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 27.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 3.0 2b Instruct and Ministral 8B share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has 13 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 8B has 17.