Model comparison
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct vs QwQ-32B
QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 3.0 2b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and QwQ-32B in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where QwQ-32B leads 50.6 to 29.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Instruct: 20.5% for Granite 3.0 2b Instruct and 44.6% for QwQ-32B.
Side by side
| Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | QwQ-32B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 39.8 |
| Released | — | 2024-11-28 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 13 | 36 |
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Category by category
Coding QwQ-32B leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 28.3 (#316), QwQ-32B: 35.4 (#226)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 20.5% | 44.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1090 | 1333 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 20.9% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 72.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54.4% |
Reasoning QwQ-32B leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 20.5 (#235), QwQ-32B: 23.7 (#174)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1073 | 1325 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 83.5% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 65% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 137.6 |
| ForecastBench | — | 58.3 |
| LiveBench | — | 72% |
Math QwQ-32B leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.2 (#217), QwQ-32B: 38.0 (#143)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1117 | 1359 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 59.2% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 77.8% |
Knowledge QwQ-32B leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.0 (#241), QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#158)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1064 | 1324 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 65.3% |
| Confabulations | — | 15.6% |
Multilingual QwQ-32B leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.0 (#278), QwQ-32B: 44.8 (#176)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1033 | 1305 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1070 | 1378 |
| LMArena Russian | 1045 | 1297 |
| LMArena French | — | 1336 |
| LMArena German | — | 1313 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1262 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1279 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1354 |
Instruction Following QwQ-32B leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 53.9 (#284), QwQ-32B: 72.6 (#137)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1056 | 1297 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 81.8% |
Long Context QwQ-32B leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.5 (#268), QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1070 | 1308 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 83.3% |
Writing & Preference QwQ-32B leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.6 (#292), QwQ-32B: 50.6 (#180)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1080 | 1329 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1046 | 1288 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1053 | 1314 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 80.2% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1257 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 51.4% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 3.0 2b Instruct better than QwQ-32B?
QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 3.0 2b Instruct or QwQ-32B better for coding?
QwQ-32B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.4 versus 28.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 3.0 2b Instruct and QwQ-32B share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has 13 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.