Model comparison

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct vs Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.6 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct IBM

32.6

Rank #243 Confirmed

Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat NVIDIA

31.2

Rank #265 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 3.1 2b Instruct scores higher in 7 categories and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in long context, where Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads 35.0 to 30.4.

Side by side

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat specifications
Granite 3.1 2b InstructLlama2 70b Steerlm Chat
ProviderIBMNVIDIA
Noometry Index32.631.2
Released——
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked129

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Category by category

Coding Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 32.9 (#255), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 29.3 (#295)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructLlama2 70b Steerlm Chat
LMArena Coding11491025

Reasoning Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 21.0 (#206), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 19.1 (#245)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructLlama2 70b Steerlm Chat
LMArena Hard Prompts11381047

Math Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 30.6 (#206), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 28.8 (#223)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructLlama2 70b Steerlm Chat
LMArena Math11591072

Knowledge Not comparable

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 30.3 (#223), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructLlama2 70b Steerlm Chat
LMArena Expert1131—

Multilingual Too close to call

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 29.2 (#264), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 28.9 (#265)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructLlama2 70b Steerlm Chat
LMArena Non-English10681064
LMArena Chinese1138—
LMArena Russian1063—

Instruction Following Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 58.0 (#259), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 54.5 (#274)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructLlama2 70b Steerlm Chat
LMArena Instruction Following11161061

Long Context Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 35.0 (#239), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 30.4 (#283)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructLlama2 70b Steerlm Chat
LMArena Longer Query1155998

Writing & Preference Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 34.3 (#269), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 31.8 (#278)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructLlama2 70b Steerlm Chat
LMArena Text11271098
LMArena Creative Writing11161091
LMArena Multi-Turn10991058

Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 3.1 2b Instruct better than Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat?

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.6 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is Granite 3.1 2b Instruct or Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat better for coding?

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.9 versus 29.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Granite 3.1 2b Instruct and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat share?

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has 12 scored results on Noometry and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat has 9.

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