Model comparison
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct vs Qwen3-4B
Qwen3-4B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3-4B leads 33.0 to 29.0.
Side by side
| Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen3-4B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 31.9 |
| Released | — | 2025-04-29 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 13 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 28.3 (#316), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 20.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1090 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: —, Qwen3-4B: 27.6 (#100)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 35.7% |
Reasoning Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 20.5 (#235), Qwen3-4B: 19.2 (#268)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1073 | — |
Math Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.2 (#217), Qwen3-4B: 29.7 (#240)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 38.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 52.2% |
| LMArena Math | 1117 | — |
Knowledge Qwen3-4B leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.0 (#241), Qwen3-4B: 33.0 (#208)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 52.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1064 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.0 (#278), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1033 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1070 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1045 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 53.9 (#284), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1056 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.5 (#268), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1070 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.6 (#292), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1080 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1046 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1053 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 3.0 2b Instruct better than Qwen3-4B?
Qwen3-4B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Granite 3.0 2b Instruct and Qwen3-4B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has 13 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-4B has 6.