Model comparison

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct vs Mistral Medium 3.1

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.2 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct IBM

33.2

Rank #247 Confirmed

Mistral Medium 3.1 Mistral AI

31.9

Rank #266 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Medium 3.1 leads 55.5 to 34.1.
  • Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct and Mistral Medium 3.1 specifications
Granite 3.1 2b InstructMistral Medium 3.1
ProviderIBMMistral AI
Noometry Index33.231.9
Released——
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—131K
Max output—105K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.40
Output $ / M tokens—$2
Results tracked123

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 33.4 (#257), Mistral Medium 3.1: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructMistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Coding1149—

Reasoning Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 22.0 (#209), Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.6 (#341)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructMistral Medium 3.1
NYT Connections (extended)—6.5%
Thematic Generalization—20.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts1138—

Math Not comparable

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 33.1 (#206), Mistral Medium 3.1: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructMistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Math1159—

Knowledge Not comparable

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 30.8 (#224), Mistral Medium 3.1: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructMistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Expert1131—

Multilingual Not comparable

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 29.1 (#269), Mistral Medium 3.1: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructMistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Non-English1068—
LMArena Chinese1139—
LMArena Russian1063—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 57.7 (#264), Mistral Medium 3.1: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructMistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Instruction Following1116—

Long Context Not comparable

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 35.0 (#244), Mistral Medium 3.1: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructMistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Longer Query1155—

Writing & Preference Mistral Medium 3.1 leads

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 34.1 (#274), Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.5 (#145)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructMistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text1127—
LMArena Creative Writing1116—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1476
LMArena Multi-Turn1099—

Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 3.1 2b Instruct better than Mistral Medium 3.1?

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.2 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Granite 3.1 2b Instruct and Mistral Medium 3.1 share?

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

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