Model comparison

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct vs StarCoder 2 7B

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#247); StarCoder 2 7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

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Granite 3.1 2b Instruct IBM

33.2

Rank #247 Confirmed

StarCoder 2 7B NVIDIA

37.0

Unranked Sparse

Side by side

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct and StarCoder 2 7B specifications
Granite 3.1 2b InstructStarCoder 2 7B
ProviderIBMNVIDIA
Noometry Index33.237.0
Released—2024-02-20
WeightsOpenOpen
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Results tracked127

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Category by category

Coding StarCoder 2 7B leads

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 33.4 (#257), StarCoder 2 7B: 34.8

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructStarCoder 2 7B
LMArena Coding1149—
BigCodeBench Complete—27.7%
HumanEval+—29.9%

Reasoning Not comparable

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 22.0 (#209), StarCoder 2 7B: —

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructStarCoder 2 7B
LMArena Hard Prompts1138—
Epoch Capabilities Index—93.56
WinoGrande—57.1%

Math Not comparable

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 33.1 (#206), StarCoder 2 7B: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructStarCoder 2 7B
LMArena Math1159—
GSM8K—32.7%

Knowledge Not comparable

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 30.8 (#224), StarCoder 2 7B: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructStarCoder 2 7B
LMArena Expert1131—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—38.7%
MMLU—38.8%

Multilingual Not comparable

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 29.1 (#269), StarCoder 2 7B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructStarCoder 2 7B
LMArena Non-English1068—
LMArena Chinese1139—
LMArena Russian1063—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 57.7 (#264), StarCoder 2 7B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructStarCoder 2 7B
LMArena Instruction Following1116—

Long Context Not comparable

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 35.0 (#244), StarCoder 2 7B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructStarCoder 2 7B
LMArena Longer Query1155—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 34.1 (#274), StarCoder 2 7B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructStarCoder 2 7B
LMArena Text1127—
LMArena Creative Writing1116—
LMArena Multi-Turn1099—

Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 3.1 2b Instruct better than StarCoder 2 7B?

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#247); StarCoder 2 7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Is Granite 3.1 2b Instruct or StarCoder 2 7B better for coding?

StarCoder 2 7B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.8 versus 33.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Granite 3.1 2b Instruct and StarCoder 2 7B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has 12 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 7B has 7.

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