Model comparison
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct vs Qwen2-72B
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.1 to 29.5 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 3 categories and Qwen2-72B in 5 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen2-72B leads 41.0 to 31.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 35.4% for Granite 3.0 8b Instruct and 54% for Qwen2-72B.
Side by side
| Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Qwen2-72B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.1 | 29.5 |
| Released | — | 2024-06-07 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 14 | 26 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.1 (#297), Qwen2-72B: 28.7 (#303)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 29.3% | 38.5% |
| LMArena Coding | 1113 | 1196 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 35.4% | 54% |
| WeirdML | — | 11.3% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: —, Qwen2-72B: 16.9 (#138)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | — | 1.1% |
| METR Time Horizons | — | 29.9% |
Reasoning Qwen2-72B leads
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 20.0 (#227), Qwen2-72B: 22.2 (#184)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1092 | 1191 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 125.27 |
Math Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 30.3 (#211), Qwen2-72B: 27.9 (#232)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1143 | 1235 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 39.1% |
Knowledge Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.1 (#233), Qwen2-72B: 21.2 (#270)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1087 | 1171 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 40.8% |
| MMLU | — | 82.4% |
Multilingual Qwen2-72B leads
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 27.4 (#271), Qwen2-72B: 36.0 (#239)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1037 | 1176 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1063 | 1240 |
| LMArena Russian | 1060 | 1169 |
| LMArena French | — | 1169 |
| LMArena German | — | 1151 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1111 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1083 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1168 |
Instruction Following Qwen2-72B leads
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 56.2 (#271), Qwen2-72B: 62.0 (#236)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1088 | 1181 |
Long Context Qwen2-72B leads
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 34.0 (#247), Qwen2-72B: 36.1 (#230)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1122 | 1193 |
Writing & Preference Qwen2-72B leads
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 31.2 (#280), Qwen2-72B: 41.0 (#236)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1096 | 1203 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1071 | 1181 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1063 | 1195 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 3.0 8b Instruct better than Qwen2-72B?
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.1 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 3.0 8b Instruct or Qwen2-72B better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (29.1 vs 28.7); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Granite 3.0 8b Instruct and Qwen2-72B share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2-72B has 26.