Model comparison
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct vs Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.0 to 33.2 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 0 categories and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads 58.0 to 34.1.
Side by side
| Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.2 | 43.0 |
| Released | — | 2025-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Results tracked | 12 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 33.4 (#257), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 42.5 (#98)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1149 | 1440 |
Reasoning Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 22.0 (#209), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 31.1 (#81)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1138 | 1428 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 66.7% |
Math Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 33.1 (#206), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 38.8 (#126)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1159 | 1440 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 46.7% |
Knowledge Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 30.8 (#224), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 41.8 (#106)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1131 | 1417 |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 78.6% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.3% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 63% |
Multilingual Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 29.1 (#269), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 52.1 (#93)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1068 | 1407 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1139 | 1460 |
| LMArena Russian | 1063 | 1404 |
| LMArena French | — | 1413 |
| LMArena German | — | 1417 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1395 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1364 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1435 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 57.7 (#264), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 70.8 (#159)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1116 | 1389 |
| IFEval | — | 81% |
Long Context Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 35.0 (#244), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 37.0 (#223)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1155 | 1403 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 55.6% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 34.1 (#274), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 58.0 (#121)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1127 | 1417 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1116 | 1334 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1099 | 1416 |
| WildBench | — | 80.7% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 3.1 2b Instruct better than Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct?
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.0 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 3.1 2b Instruct or Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.5 versus 33.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 3.1 2b Instruct and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has 12 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct has 25.