Model comparison

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct vs Laguna M.1

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct and Laguna M.1 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.6 vs 31.9), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

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Granite 3.1 2b Instruct IBM

32.6

Rank #243 Confirmed

Laguna M.1 Poolside

31.9

Rank #252 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads 30.6 to 20.3.

Side by side

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct and Laguna M.1 specifications
Granite 3.1 2b InstructLaguna M.1
ProviderIBMPoolside
Noometry Index32.631.9
Released—2026-04-28
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—33K
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked123

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Category by category

Coding Laguna M.1 leads

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 32.9 (#255), Laguna M.1: 36.4 (#195)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructLaguna M.1
LMArena WebDev—1348
LMArena Coding1149—

Reasoning Too close to call

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 21.0 (#206), Laguna M.1: 21.9 (#187)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructLaguna M.1
LMArena Hard Prompts1138—
Surface Evolver Bench—15.6%

Math Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 30.6 (#206), Laguna M.1: 20.3 (#276)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructLaguna M.1
ProofBench—0%
LMArena Math1159—

Knowledge Not comparable

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 30.3 (#223), Laguna M.1: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructLaguna M.1
LMArena Expert1131—

Multilingual Not comparable

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 29.2 (#264), Laguna M.1: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructLaguna M.1
LMArena Non-English1068—
LMArena Chinese1138—
LMArena Russian1063—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 58.0 (#259), Laguna M.1: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructLaguna M.1
LMArena Instruction Following1116—

Long Context Not comparable

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 35.0 (#239), Laguna M.1: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructLaguna M.1
LMArena Longer Query1155—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 34.3 (#269), Laguna M.1: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructLaguna M.1
LMArena Text1127—
LMArena Creative Writing1116—
LMArena Multi-Turn1099—

Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 3.1 2b Instruct better than Laguna M.1?

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct and Laguna M.1 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.6 vs 31.9), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Is Granite 3.1 2b Instruct or Laguna M.1 better for coding?

Laguna M.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.4 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Granite 3.1 2b Instruct and Laguna M.1 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has 12 scored results on Noometry and Laguna M.1 has 3.

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