Model comparison
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct vs Qwen1.5-110B
Qwen1.5-110B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.6 to 31.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 3.0 8b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen1.5-110B in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen1.5-110B leads 38.1 to 31.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 35.4% for Granite 3.0 8b Instruct and 44.4% for Qwen1.5-110B.
Side by side
| Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Qwen1.5-110B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.1 | 33.6 |
| Released | — | 2024-04-25 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 14 | 20 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen1.5-110B leads
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.1 (#297), Qwen1.5-110B: 32.4 (#260)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 29.3% | 35% |
| LMArena Coding | 1113 | 1184 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 35.4% | 44.4% |
Reasoning Qwen1.5-110B leads
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 20.0 (#227), Qwen1.5-110B: 21.7 (#192)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1092 | 1168 |
| ForecastBench | — | 57.7 |
Math Too close to call
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 30.3 (#211), Qwen1.5-110B: 31.1 (#199)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1143 | 1185 |
Knowledge Qwen1.5-110B leads
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.1 (#233), Qwen1.5-110B: 30.7 (#217)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1087 | 1144 |
Multilingual Qwen1.5-110B leads
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 27.4 (#271), Qwen1.5-110B: 33.8 (#245)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1037 | 1142 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1063 | 1206 |
| LMArena Russian | 1060 | 1118 |
| LMArena French | — | 1150 |
| LMArena German | — | 1123 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1074 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1044 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1141 |
Instruction Following Qwen1.5-110B leads
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 56.2 (#271), Qwen1.5-110B: 60.6 (#247)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1088 | 1158 |
Long Context Qwen1.5-110B leads
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 34.0 (#247), Qwen1.5-110B: 35.0 (#237)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1122 | 1157 |
Writing & Preference Qwen1.5-110B leads
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 31.2 (#280), Qwen1.5-110B: 38.1 (#250)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1096 | 1175 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1071 | 1148 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1063 | 1160 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 3.0 8b Instruct better than Qwen1.5-110B?
Qwen1.5-110B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.6 to 31.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 3.0 8b Instruct or Qwen1.5-110B better for coding?
Qwen1.5-110B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.4 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 3.0 8b Instruct and Qwen1.5-110B share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-110B has 20.