Model comparison
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct vs Qwen3-1.7B
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.6 to 26.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in math, where Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads 32.8 to 16.3.
Side by side
| Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.6 | 26.6 |
| Released | — | 2025-04-29 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 14 | 4 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.7 (#301), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 29.3% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1112 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 35.4% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: —, Qwen3-1.7B: 24.7 (#115)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 28.4% |
Reasoning Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 20.9 (#230), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.2 (#267)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1092 | — |
Math Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 32.8 (#210), Qwen3-1.7B: 16.3 (#294)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 8.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1143 | — |
Knowledge Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.6 (#236), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#278)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 38% |
| LMArena Expert | 1087 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 27.2 (#276), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1037 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1063 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1060 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 56.0 (#276), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1088 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 34.0 (#252), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1122 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#285), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1096 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1071 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1063 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 3.0 8b Instruct better than Qwen3-1.7B?
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.6 to 26.6 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Granite 3.0 8b Instruct and Qwen3-1.7B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-1.7B has 4.