Model comparison
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct vs Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.4 vs 32.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 3.1 8b Instruct scores higher in 2 categories and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads 31.1 to 19.5.
Side by side
| Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 32.7 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 13 | 16 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 34.5 (#233), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.2 (#227)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1186 | 1210 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 24.1 (#120), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 27.1% | — |
Reasoning Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 22.1 (#207), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 23.6 (#175)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1145 | 1208 |
Math Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 33.0 (#209), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 26.8 (#255)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1152 | 1208 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 16.1% |
Knowledge Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#220), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.5 (#279)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | — | 41.4% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 28.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1142 | — |
Multilingual Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.9 (#260), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.8 (#248)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1099 | 1160 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1145 | 1192 |
| LMArena Russian | 1092 | 1187 |
Instruction Following Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 58.6 (#259), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.5 (#244)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1131 | 1186 |
| IFEval | — | 78% |
Long Context Too close to call
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.2 (#241), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#234)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1162 | 1194 |
Writing & Preference Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.5 (#266), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.1 (#236)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1150 | 1218 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1129 | 1199 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1108 | 1221 |
| WildBench | — | 73.4% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 3.1 8b Instruct better than Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct?
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.4 vs 32.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Granite 3.1 8b Instruct or Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (34.5 vs 35.2); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Granite 3.1 8b Instruct and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has 13 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16.