Model comparison

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct vs Yi-34B

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.6 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct IBM

31.6

Rank #270 Confirmed

Yi-34B 01.AI

27.8

Rank #329 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 3.0 8b Instruct scores higher in 3 categories and Yi-34B in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads 29.6 to 7.5.

Side by side

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct and Yi-34B specifications
Granite 3.0 8b InstructYi-34B
ProviderIBM01.AI
Noometry Index31.627.8
Released—2023-11-02
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1423

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Category by category

Coding Yi-34B leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.7 (#301), Yi-34B: 32.3 (#274)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructYi-34B
LMArena Coding11121112
BigCodeBench Instruct29.3%—
BigCodeBench Complete35.4%—

Reasoning Too close to call

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 20.9 (#230), Yi-34B: 21.2 (#226)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructYi-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts10921104
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index—117.39

Math Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 32.8 (#210), Yi-34B: 21.6 (#282)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructYi-34B
LMArena Math11431114
MATH Level 5—5.1%
GSM8K—76%

Knowledge Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.6 (#236), Yi-34B: 7.5 (#309)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructYi-34B
LMArena Expert10871061
GPQA Diamond—14.7%
MMLU—76.3%

Multilingual Yi-34B leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 27.2 (#276), Yi-34B: 29.7 (#264)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructYi-34B
LMArena Non-English10371079
LMArena Chinese10631176
LMArena Russian10601050
LMArena French—1081
LMArena German—1042
LMArena Japanese—993
LMArena Korean—959
LMArena Spanish—1070

Instruction Following Too close to call

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 56.0 (#276), Yi-34B: 56.2 (#274)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructYi-34B
LMArena Instruction Following10881091

Long Context Too close to call

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 34.0 (#252), Yi-34B: 33.2 (#264)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructYi-34B
LMArena Longer Query11221094

Writing & Preference Yi-34B leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#285), Yi-34B: 34.1 (#273)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructYi-34B
LMArena Text10961129
LMArena Creative Writing10711108
LMArena Multi-Turn10631113

Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 3.0 8b Instruct better than Yi-34B?

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.6 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Granite 3.0 8b Instruct or Yi-34B better for coding?

Yi-34B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.3 versus 29.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Granite 3.0 8b Instruct and Yi-34B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.

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