Model comparison
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct vs Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat score almost the same on the Noometry Index (31.8 vs 31.2), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIASummary
- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 3.1 8b Instruct scores higher in 7 categories and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in long context, where Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads 35.2 to 30.4.
Side by side
| Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 31.8 | 31.2 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 13 | 9 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 33.9 (#232), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 29.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1186 | 1025 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 23.9 (#113), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 27.1% | — |
Reasoning Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 21.2 (#204), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 19.1 (#245)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1146 | 1047 |
Math Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.4 (#210), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 28.8 (#223)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1152 | 1072 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.6 (#218), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1142 | — |
Multilingual Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#255), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 28.9 (#265)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1099 | 1064 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1145 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1092 | — |
Instruction Following Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 58.9 (#254), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 54.5 (#274)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1131 | 1061 |
Long Context Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.2 (#236), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 30.4 (#283)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1162 | 998 |
Writing & Preference Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.7 (#261), Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 31.8 (#278)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1150 | 1098 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1129 | 1091 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1108 | 1058 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 3.1 8b Instruct better than Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat?
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat score almost the same on the Noometry Index (31.8 vs 31.2), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Granite 3.1 8b Instruct or Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat better for coding?
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.9 versus 29.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 3.1 8b Instruct and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat share?
9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has 13 scored results on Noometry and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat has 9.