Model comparison

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct vs Qwen Turbo

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.2 to 26.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct IBM

30.2

Rank #284 Confirmed

Qwen Turbo Alibaba (Qwen)

26.8

Rank #329 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads 29.7 to 14.5.
  • Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct and Qwen Turbo specifications
Granite 3.0 2b InstructQwen Turbo
ProviderIBMAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index30.226.8
Released—2024-11-01
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—16K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.05
Output $ / M tokens—$0.20
Results tracked133

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.8 (#311), Qwen Turbo: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.0 2b InstructQwen Turbo
BigCodeBench Instruct20.5%—
LMArena Coding1090—

Reasoning Not comparable

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 19.6 (#234), Qwen Turbo: —

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.0 2b InstructQwen Turbo
LMArena Hard Prompts1073—

Math Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.7 (#215), Qwen Turbo: 14.5 (#291)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.0 2b InstructQwen Turbo
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—6.1%
LMArena Math1117—
MATH Level 5—56.2%

Knowledge Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 28.4 (#238), Qwen Turbo: 22.2 (#267)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.0 2b InstructQwen Turbo
GPQA Diamond—41.8%
LMArena Expert1064—

Multilingual Not comparable

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.1 (#273), Qwen Turbo: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.0 2b InstructQwen Turbo
LMArena Non-English1033—
LMArena Chinese1070—
LMArena Russian1045—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 54.2 (#279), Qwen Turbo: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.0 2b InstructQwen Turbo
LMArena Instruction Following1056—

Long Context Not comparable

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.5 (#263), Qwen Turbo: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.0 2b InstructQwen Turbo
LMArena Longer Query1071—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.8 (#287), Qwen Turbo: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.0 2b InstructQwen Turbo
LMArena Text1080—
LMArena Creative Writing1046—
LMArena Multi-Turn1053—

Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 3.0 2b Instruct better than Qwen Turbo?

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.2 to 26.8 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Granite 3.0 2b Instruct and Qwen Turbo share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has 13 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Turbo has 3.

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