Model comparison
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct vs Ministral 3B
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.1 to 25.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads 29.1 to 10.4.
Side by side
| Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Ministral 3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 31.1 | 25.6 |
| Released | — | 2024-10-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.04 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.04 |
| Results tracked | 14 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.1 (#297), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 29.3% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1113 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 35.4% | — |
Reasoning Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 20.0 (#227), Ministral 3B: 17.7 (#278)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1092 | — |
| DTBench | — | 51.7% |
| LMCA | — | 5.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 118.08 |
Math Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 30.3 (#211), Ministral 3B: 24.5 (#257)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1143 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 14.4% |
Knowledge Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.1 (#233), Ministral 3B: 10.4 (#297)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 25.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1087 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 27.4 (#271), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1037 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1063 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1060 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 56.2 (#271), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1088 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 34.0 (#247), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1122 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 31.2 (#280), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1096 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1071 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1063 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 3.0 8b Instruct better than Ministral 3B?
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.1 to 25.6 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Granite 3.0 8b Instruct and Ministral 3B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 3B has 6.