Model comparison
Granite 4.0 Micro vs StarCoder 2 3B
Granite 4.0 Micro has enough public results to be ranked (#312); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIASide by side
| Granite 4.0 Micro | StarCoder 2 3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 28.8 | 35.8 |
| Released | 2025-10-02 | 2024-02-22 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 118K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.017 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.11 | — |
| Results tracked | 8 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, StarCoder 2 3B: 32.9
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 21.4% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 27.4% |
Reasoning Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: 18.5 (#261), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 88.01 |
| WinoGrande | — | 57.1% |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: 11.2 (#301), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 20.9% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 21.6% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#299), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 28.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 39.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.7% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 34.2% |
| MMLU | — | 36.6% |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: 70.0 (#164), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 84.9% | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#212), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| WildBench | 67% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 Micro better than StarCoder 2 3B?
Granite 4.0 Micro has enough public results to be ranked (#312); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 Micro and StarCoder 2 3B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 Micro has 8 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 3B has 7.