Model comparison
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct vs Qwen1.5-7B
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct and Qwen1.5-7B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.4 vs 31.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 3.1 8b Instruct scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-7B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads 35.5 to 29.6.
Side by side
| Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Qwen1.5-7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 31.4 |
| Released | — | 2024-02-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 13 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 34.5 (#233), Qwen1.5-7B: 32.2 (#276)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1186 | 1107 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 24.1 (#120), Qwen1.5-7B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 27.1% | — |
Reasoning Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 22.1 (#207), Qwen1.5-7B: 20.4 (#240)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1145 | 1065 |
Math Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 33.0 (#209), Qwen1.5-7B: 31.4 (#224)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1152 | 1080 |
Knowledge Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#220), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.7 (#243)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1142 | 1055 |
| MMLU | — | 62.6% |
Multilingual Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.9 (#260), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.5 (#271)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1099 | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1145 | 1141 |
| LMArena Russian | 1092 | 1006 |
Instruction Following Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 58.6 (#259), Qwen1.5-7B: 54.1 (#281)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1131 | 1058 |
Long Context Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.2 (#241), Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#266)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1162 | 1090 |
Writing & Preference Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.5 (#266), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.6 (#293)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1150 | 1083 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1129 | 1035 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1108 | 1062 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 3.1 8b Instruct better than Qwen1.5-7B?
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct and Qwen1.5-7B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.4 vs 31.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Granite 3.1 8b Instruct or Qwen1.5-7B better for coding?
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.5 versus 32.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 3.1 8b Instruct and Qwen1.5-7B share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has 13 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-7B has 13.