Noometry

Model comparison

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 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 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #72 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 3.0 8b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.7 Plus in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.7 Plus leads 64.3 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 Plus
ProviderIBMAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index31.645.3
Released—2026-06-02
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.40
Output $ / M tokens—$1.60
Results tracked1432

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.7 (#301), Qwen3.7 Plus: 36.6 (#206)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Coding11121473
FrontierCode—10.2%
SciCode—45.5%
BigCodeBench Instruct29.3%—
BigCodeBench Complete35.4%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 21.4 (#138)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructQwen3.7 Plus
OSWorld 2.0—2.8%

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 20.9 (#230), Qwen3.7 Plus: 39.3 (#59)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Hard Prompts10921460
NYT Connections (extended)—74.8%
CritPt—9.1%
Chess Puzzles—24%
Mystery Game Puzzles—17%
DTBench—84%
LMCA—37.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index—147.37

Math Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 32.8 (#210), Qwen3.7 Plus: 50.5 (#56)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Math11431466
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—34.4%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—93.3%

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.6 (#236), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.9 (#51)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Expert10871467
GPQA Diamond—87.9%

Multimodal Not comparable

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 41.8 (#33)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision—1279
LMArena Document—1444

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 27.2 (#276), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.8 (#38)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Non-English10371445
LMArena Chinese10631510
LMArena Russian10601457
LMArena French—1473
LMArena German—1471
LMArena Japanese—1413
LMArena Korean—1415
LMArena Spanish—1457

Instruction Following Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 56.0 (#276), Qwen3.7 Plus: 75.8 (#52)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following10881440

Long Context Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 34.0 (#252), Qwen3.7 Plus: 44.5 (#65)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Longer Query11221455

Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#285), Qwen3.7 Plus: 64.3 (#56)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text10961455
LMArena Creative Writing10711439
LMArena Multi-Turn10631460

Frequently asked questions

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

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 31.6 on the Noometry Index.

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

Qwen3.7 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.6 versus 29.7 in the Noometry coding category.

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

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Plus has 32.

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