Noometry

Model comparison

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct vs Qwen3.7 Max

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 31.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct IBM

31.6

Rank #270 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #42 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 3.0 8b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.7 Max in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.7 Max leads 65.0 to 31.1.
  • Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Granite 3.0 8b InstructQwen3.7 Max
ProviderIBMAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index31.651.5
Released—2026-05-19
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$2.50
Output $ / M tokens—$7.50
Results tracked1433

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.7 Max leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.7 (#301), Qwen3.7 Max: 50.4 (#45)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Coding11121498
SWE-bench Verified—77.3%
LMArena WebDev—1515
SciCode—48.8%
BigCodeBench Instruct29.3%—
BigCodeBench Complete35.4%—
ALE-Bench—1,189

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: —, Qwen3.7 Max: 22.1 (#135)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructQwen3.7 Max
GBAEval—0.4%

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Max leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 20.9 (#230), Qwen3.7 Max: 49.2 (#38)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Hard Prompts10921483
SimpleBench—70.4%
NYT Connections (extended)—85.1%
CritPt—13.4%
Chess Puzzles—19%
EBR-Bench—9.5%
Mystery Game Puzzles—32%
DTBench—92.3%
LMCA—44%
Epoch Capabilities Index—153.68

Math Qwen3.7 Max leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 32.8 (#210), Qwen3.7 Max: 62.4 (#32)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Math11431490
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—64.6%
FrontierMath Tier 4—34.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—95.6%
ProofBench—26%

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Max leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.6 (#236), Qwen3.7 Max: 61.6 (#28)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Expert10871488
GPQA Diamond—90.9%
SimpleQA Verified—55.8%

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Max leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 27.2 (#276), Qwen3.7 Max: 56.9 (#15)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Non-English10371474
LMArena Chinese10631530
LMArena Russian10601484

Instruction Following Qwen3.7 Max leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 56.0 (#276), Qwen3.7 Max: 76.7 (#38)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Instruction Following10881460

Long Context Qwen3.7 Max leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 34.0 (#252), Qwen3.7 Max: 45.4 (#40)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Longer Query11221482

Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Max leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#285), Qwen3.7 Max: 65.0 (#54)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Text10961476
LMArena Creative Writing10711449
LMArena Multi-Turn10631481
EQ-Bench 4—1110

Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 3.0 8b Instruct better than Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 31.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Granite 3.0 8b Instruct or Qwen3.7 Max better for coding?

Qwen3.7 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.4 versus 29.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Granite 3.0 8b Instruct and Qwen3.7 Max share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Max has 33.

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