Model comparison
Granite 4.0 Micro vs Olmo 7b Instruct
Olmo 7b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.3 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Granite 4.0 Micro leads 69.9 to 49.0.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 Micro | Olmo 7b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 30.3 |
| Released | 2025-10-02 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 118K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.017 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.11 | — |
| Results tracked | 8 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1016 |
Reasoning Too close to call
Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265), Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 993 |
Math Olmo 7b Instruct leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307), Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 20.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1018 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304), Olmo 7b Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 28.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 39.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.7% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 977 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1014 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 947 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169), Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 84.9% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 978 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216), Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1032 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 990 |
| WildBench | 67% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1007 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 Micro better than Olmo 7b Instruct?
Olmo 7b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.3 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 Micro and Olmo 7b Instruct share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 Micro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 7b Instruct has 10.