Model comparison
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct vs Qwen1.5-72B
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.2 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 3.1 2b Instruct scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen1.5-72B in 6 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads 30.8 to 11.5.
Side by side
| Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen1.5-72B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.2 | 30.8 |
| Released | — | 2024-02-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 12 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 33.4 (#257), Qwen1.5-72B: 31.9 (#277)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1149 | 1165 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 33.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.3% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 59.1% |
| MBPP+ | — | 61.6% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 22.0 (#209), Qwen1.5-72B: 22.2 (#203)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1138 | 1148 |
Math Too close to call
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 33.1 (#206), Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#205)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1159 | 1164 |
Knowledge Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 30.8 (#224), Qwen1.5-72B: 11.5 (#300)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1131 | 1136 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 28.8% |
Multilingual Qwen1.5-72B leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 29.1 (#269), Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#253)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1068 | 1135 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1139 | 1186 |
| LMArena Russian | 1063 | 1104 |
| LMArena French | — | 1159 |
| LMArena German | — | 1084 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1061 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1050 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1110 |
Instruction Following Qwen1.5-72B leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 57.7 (#264), Qwen1.5-72B: 59.3 (#256)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1116 | 1141 |
Long Context Too close to call
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 35.0 (#244), Qwen1.5-72B: 35.1 (#243)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1155 | 1157 |
Writing & Preference Qwen1.5-72B leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 34.1 (#274), Qwen1.5-72B: 37.3 (#258)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1127 | 1166 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1116 | 1137 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1099 | 1160 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 3.1 2b Instruct better than Qwen1.5-72B?
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.2 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 3.1 2b Instruct or Qwen1.5-72B better for coding?
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.4 versus 31.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 3.1 2b Instruct and Qwen1.5-72B share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has 12 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-72B has 22.