Model comparison

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct vs Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.4 vs 33.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 3.1 8b Instruct scores higher in 2 categories and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads 33.0 to 14.2.

Side by side

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B specifications
Granite 3.1 8b InstructTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
ProviderIBMAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index32.433.0
Released—2024-11-21
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1314

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Category by category

Coding Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B leads

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 34.5 (#233), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 36.0 (#214)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 8b InstructTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Coding11861235

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 24.1 (#120), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 8b InstructTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard27.1%—

Reasoning Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B leads

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 22.1 (#207), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 23.9 (#169)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 8b InstructTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Hard Prompts11451220

Math Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 33.0 (#209), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 14.2 (#303)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 8b InstructTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Math11521242
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—4.4%
MATH Level 5—42.7%

Knowledge Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#220), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 25.0 (#264)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 8b InstructTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
GPQA Diamond—46.3%
LMArena Expert1142—

Multilingual Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B leads

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.9 (#260), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 39.9 (#222)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 8b InstructTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Non-English10991236
LMArena Chinese11451249
LMArena Russian10921246

Instruction Following Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B leads

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 58.6 (#259), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 64.8 (#227)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 8b InstructTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Instruction Following11311233

Long Context Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B leads

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.2 (#241), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 37.1 (#222)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 8b InstructTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Longer Query11621224

Writing & Preference Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B leads

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.5 (#266), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 45.6 (#223)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 8b InstructTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Text11501256
LMArena Creative Writing11291231
LMArena Multi-Turn11081252

Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 3.1 8b Instruct better than Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B?

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.4 vs 33.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Is Granite 3.1 8b Instruct or Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B better for coding?

Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.0 versus 34.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Granite 3.1 8b Instruct and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has 13 scored results on Noometry and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B has 14.

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