Model comparison
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct vs Qwen3-1.7B
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.2 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in math, where Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads 29.7 to 15.4.
Side by side
| Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.2 | 26.2 |
| Released | — | 2025-04-29 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 13 | 4 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.8 (#311), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 20.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1090 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: —, Qwen3-1.7B: 24.5 (#108)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 28.4% |
Reasoning Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 19.6 (#234), Qwen3-1.7B: 18.5 (#263)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1073 | — |
Math Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.7 (#215), Qwen3-1.7B: 15.4 (#288)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 8.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1117 | — |
Knowledge Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 28.4 (#238), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#273)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 38% |
| LMArena Expert | 1064 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.1 (#273), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1033 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1070 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1045 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 54.2 (#279), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1056 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.5 (#263), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1071 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.8 (#287), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1080 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1046 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1053 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 3.0 2b Instruct better than Qwen3-1.7B?
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.2 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Granite 3.0 2b Instruct and Qwen3-1.7B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has 13 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-1.7B has 4.