Model comparison

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct vs Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 3.0 2b Instruct scores higher in 2 categories and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads 42.3 to 29.8.

Side by side

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct specifications
Granite 3.0 2b InstructOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
ProviderIBMAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index30.232.2
Released——
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1316

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Category by category

Coding Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.8 (#311), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.6 (#222)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.0 2b InstructOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding10901210
BigCodeBench Instruct20.5%—

Reasoning Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 19.6 (#234), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 22.6 (#174)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.0 2b InstructOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts10731208

Math Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.7 (#215), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 24.8 (#255)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.0 2b InstructOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Math11171208
Omni-MATH—16.1%

Knowledge Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 28.4 (#238), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.2 (#274)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.0 2b InstructOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
MMLU-Pro—41.4%
GPQA (HELM)—28.7%
LMArena Expert1064—

Multilingual Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.1 (#273), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.0 (#243)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.0 2b InstructOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English10331160
LMArena Chinese10701192
LMArena Russian10451187

Instruction Following Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 54.2 (#279), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.8 (#238)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.0 2b InstructOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following10561186
IFEval—78%

Long Context Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.5 (#263), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#229)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.0 2b InstructOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query10711194

Writing & Preference Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.8 (#287), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.3 (#231)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.0 2b InstructOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Text10801218
LMArena Creative Writing10461199
LMArena Multi-Turn10531221
WildBench—73.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 3.0 2b Instruct better than Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct?

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is Granite 3.0 2b Instruct or Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better for coding?

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.6 versus 27.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Granite 3.0 2b Instruct and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has 13 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16.

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