Model comparison
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct vs Phi-4
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.6 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 3.1 2b Instruct scores higher in 2 categories and Phi-4 in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads 30.6 to 19.6.
Side by side
| Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Phi-4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 32.6 | 30.9 |
| Released | — | 2024-12-11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.07 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.14 |
| Results tracked | 12 | 37 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 32.9 (#255), Phi-4: 33.8 (#237)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1149 | 1231 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.5% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 30.7% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 55.4% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: —, Phi-4: 22.6 (#120)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 28.8% |
| BALROG | — | 11.6% |
Reasoning Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 21.0 (#206), Phi-4: 17.0 (#287)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1138 | 1220 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 47.8% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 45.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 130.43 |
| LiveBench | — | 41.6% |
Math Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 30.6 (#206), Phi-4: 19.6 (#279)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1159 | 1246 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 13.8% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 42% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 64.9% |
Knowledge Phi-4 leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 30.3 (#223), Phi-4: 32.5 (#204)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1131 | 1203 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.1% |
| Confabulations | — | 29.4% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 3.7% |
| MMLU | — | 84.8% |
Multilingual Phi-4 leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 29.2 (#264), Phi-4: 37.4 (#232)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1068 | 1197 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1138 | 1211 |
| LMArena Russian | 1063 | 1209 |
| LMArena French | — | 1223 |
| LMArena German | — | 1222 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1158 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1151 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1234 |
Instruction Following Phi-4 leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 58.0 (#259), Phi-4: 60.6 (#246)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1116 | 1201 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 58.4% |
Long Context Phi-4 leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 35.0 (#239), Phi-4: 36.9 (#221)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1155 | 1217 |
Writing & Preference Phi-4 leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 34.3 (#269), Phi-4: 40.7 (#239)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1127 | 1217 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1116 | 1182 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1099 | 1206 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 62.6% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 25.6% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 3.1 2b Instruct better than Phi-4?
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.6 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 3.1 2b Instruct or Phi-4 better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (32.9 vs 33.8); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Granite 3.1 2b Instruct and Phi-4 share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has 12 scored results on Noometry and Phi-4 has 37.