Model comparison
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.2 to 31.9 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 3 categories and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads 33.1 to 19.3.
Side by side
| Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.2 | 31.9 |
| Released | — | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $5.60 |
| Results tracked | 12 | 43 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 33.4 (#257), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 33.2 (#260)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1149 | 1292 |
| WeirdML | — | 16% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.8% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 55.9% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: —, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 22.1 (#133)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | — | 5.7% |
| BALROG | — | 16.2% |
| METR Time Horizons | — | 35.8% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 22.0 (#209), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 22.3 (#199)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1138 | 1271 |
| DTBench | — | 62.9% |
| LMCA | — | 13.4% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 79.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 129 |
| ForecastBench | — | 57.5 |
| HellaSwag | — | 84.8% |
| PIQA | — | 82.6% |
| WinoGrande | — | 82.3% |
Math Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 33.1 (#206), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 19.3 (#287)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1159 | 1283 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 8.1% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 33% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 63.2% |
Knowledge Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 30.8 (#224), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 27.0 (#253)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1131 | 1245 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 49.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 63.1% |
| Confabulations | — | 19.1% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 42.6% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 94.5% |
| MMLU | — | 85.3% |
| TriviaQA | — | 71.9% |
Multilingual Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 29.1 (#269), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 41.0 (#213)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1068 | 1252 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1139 | 1272 |
| LMArena Russian | 1063 | 1264 |
| LMArena French | — | 1280 |
| LMArena German | — | 1234 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1180 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1188 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1256 |
Instruction Following Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 57.7 (#264), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 65.5 (#221)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1116 | 1254 |
| IFEval | — | 80.6% |
Long Context Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 35.0 (#244), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 38.9 (#188)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1155 | 1282 |
Writing & Preference Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 34.1 (#274), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 46.7 (#215)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1127 | 1269 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1116 | 1221 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1099 | 1272 |
| WildBench | — | 80.2% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 3.1 2b Instruct better than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.2 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 3.1 2b Instruct or Qwen2.5 72B Instruct better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (33.4 vs 33.2); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Granite 3.1 2b Instruct and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has 12 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct has 43.