Model comparison
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct vs Qwen3-4B
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.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in math, where Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads 33.1 to 29.7.
Side by side
| Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen3-4B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.2 | 31.9 |
| Released | — | 2025-04-29 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 12 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 33.4 (#257), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1149 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: —, Qwen3-4B: 27.6 (#100)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 35.7% |
Reasoning Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 22.0 (#209), Qwen3-4B: 19.2 (#268)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1138 | — |
Math Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 33.1 (#206), Qwen3-4B: 29.7 (#240)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 38.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 52.2% |
| LMArena Math | 1159 | — |
Knowledge Qwen3-4B leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 30.8 (#224), Qwen3-4B: 33.0 (#208)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 52.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1131 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 29.1 (#269), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1068 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1139 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1063 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 57.7 (#264), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1116 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 35.0 (#244), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1155 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 34.1 (#274), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1127 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1116 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1099 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 3.1 2b Instruct better than Qwen3-4B?
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 Qwen3-4B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has 12 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-4B has 6.