Model comparison
Granite 4.0 Micro vs Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Granite 4.0 Micro has enough public results to be ranked (#318); Qwen2.5 14B Instruct does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper at $0.017 / $0.11 per million input/output tokens, against $0.35 / $1.40 for Qwen2.5 14B Instruct.
- Qwen2.5 14B Instruct accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 38.7 |
| Released | 2025-10-02 | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | 131K |
| Max output | 118K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.017 | $0.35 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.11 | $1.40 |
| Results tracked | 8 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: 37.7 (#191)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 39.8% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 52.2% |
Reasoning Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 20.9% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 28.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 39.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.7% | — |
| MMLU | — | 79.9% |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 84.9% | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| WildBench | 67% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 Micro better than Qwen2.5 14B Instruct?
Granite 4.0 Micro has enough public results to be ranked (#318); Qwen2.5 14B Instruct does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Which is cheaper, Granite 4.0 Micro or Qwen2.5 14B Instruct?
Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.017 per million input tokens and $0.11 per million output tokens; Qwen2.5 14B Instruct lists at $0.35 and $1.40.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct does, with 131K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 Micro and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 Micro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct has 3.