Model comparison
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.8 vs 30.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Granite 3.0 2b Instruct scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct in 1 category; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads 32.2 to 16.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Instruct: 20.5% for Granite 3.0 2b Instruct and 45% for Qwen2.5 32B Instruct.
Side by side
| Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 30.1 |
| Released | — | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.80 |
| Results tracked | 13 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 28.3 (#316), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 38.7 (#169)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 20.5% | 45% |
| LMArena Coding | 1090 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 52.3% |
Reasoning Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 20.5 (#235), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 19.2 (#266)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1073 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 128.52 |
Math Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.2 (#217), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 16.2 (#296)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 7.4% |
| LMArena Math | 1117 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 56.1% |
Knowledge Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.0 (#241), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 24.9 (#266)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 46.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1064 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.0 (#278), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1033 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1070 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1045 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 53.9 (#284), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1056 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.5 (#268), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1070 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.6 (#292), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1080 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1046 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1053 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 3.0 2b Instruct better than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.8 vs 30.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Granite 3.0 2b Instruct or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.7 versus 28.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 3.0 2b Instruct and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has 13 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has 7.