Model comparison

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct vs o3-pro

o3-pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.

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Granite 3.1 2b Instruct IBM

33.2

Rank #247 Confirmed

o3-pro OpenAI

42.9

Rank #105 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in long context, where o3-pro leads 72.2 to 35.0.
  • Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct and o3-pro specifications
Granite 3.1 2b Instructo3-pro
ProviderIBMOpenAI
Noometry Index33.242.9
Released—2025-06-10
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—200K
Max output—100K
Input $ / M tokens—$20
Output $ / M tokens—$80
Results tracked1212

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Category by category

Coding o3-pro leads

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 33.4 (#257), o3-pro: 55.5 (#24)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b Instructo3-pro
Aider Polyglot—84.9%
WeirdML—58.2%
LMArena Coding1149—

Reasoning o3-pro leads

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 22.0 (#209), o3-pro: 23.8 (#171)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b Instructo3-pro
ARC-AGI-2—4.9%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—72.1%
ARC-AGI-1—59.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts1138—
DTBench—86.9%
LMCA—38.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—147.42

Math Not comparable

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 33.1 (#206), o3-pro: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b Instructo3-pro
LMArena Math1159—

Knowledge Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 30.8 (#224), o3-pro: 29.5 (#238)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b Instructo3-pro
Confabulations—14.2%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—23.3%
LMArena Expert1131—

Multilingual Not comparable

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 29.1 (#269), o3-pro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b Instructo3-pro
LMArena Non-English1068—
LMArena Chinese1139—
LMArena Russian1063—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 57.7 (#264), o3-pro: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b Instructo3-pro
LMArena Instruction Following1116—

Long Context o3-pro leads

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 35.0 (#244), o3-pro: 72.2 (#1)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b Instructo3-pro
Fiction.LiveBench—97.2%
LMArena Longer Query1155—

Writing & Preference o3-pro leads

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 34.1 (#274), o3-pro: 57.1 (#133)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b Instructo3-pro
LMArena Text1127—
LMArena Creative Writing1116—
Short-Story Creative Writing—84.4%
LMArena Multi-Turn1099—

Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 3.1 2b Instruct better than o3-pro?

o3-pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is Granite 3.1 2b Instruct or o3-pro better for coding?

o3-pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.5 versus 33.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Granite 3.1 2b Instruct and o3-pro share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has 12 scored results on Noometry and o3-pro has 12.

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