Model comparison
Granite 4.1 8b vs Llama 2-70B
Granite 4.1 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.8 to 24.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
MetaSummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.1 8b scores higher in 7 categories and Llama 2-70B in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 4.1 8b leads 35.5 to 7.4.
Side by side
| Granite 4.1 8b | Llama 2-70B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 36.8 | 24.1 |
| Released | — | 2023-07-18 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 13 | 35 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Granite 4.1 8b: 29.9 (#291), Llama 2-70B: 30.8 (#281)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Llama 2-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1313 | 1079 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1190 | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 24.6 (#142), Llama 2-70B: 13.7 (#324)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Llama 2-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1294 | 1073 |
| DTBench | — | 41.6% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 64.9% |
| CommonsenseQA 2.0 | — | 50% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 113.59 |
| ForecastBench | — | 51.4 |
| HellaSwag | — | 85.3% |
| LAMBADA | — | 78.9% |
| PIQA | — | 82.8% |
| WinoGrande | — | 80.2% |
Math Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 33.8 (#167), Llama 2-70B: 7.5 (#320)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Llama 2-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1311 | 1091 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 0% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 3.3% |
| GSM8K | — | 69.6% |
Knowledge Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 35.5 (#171), Llama 2-70B: 7.4 (#305)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Llama 2-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1310 | 1039 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 26.3% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 78.3% |
| BoolQ | — | 88.6% |
| MMLU | — | 69.9% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 60.2% |
| TriviaQA | — | 87.6% |
Multilingual Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 41.8 (#199), Llama 2-70B: 27.9 (#269)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Llama 2-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1261 | 1045 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1335 | 994 |
| LMArena Russian | 1238 | 1083 |
| LMArena French | — | 1089 |
| LMArena German | — | 1041 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 927 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 964 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1142 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 67.0 (#198), Llama 2-70B: 55.1 (#273)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Llama 2-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1268 | 1071 |
Long Context Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#188), Llama 2-70B: 32.2 (#265)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Llama 2-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1275 | 1062 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 48.3 (#199), Llama 2-70B: 32.5 (#274)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Llama 2-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1291 | 1115 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1249 | 1075 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1269 | 1088 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.1 8b better than Llama 2-70B?
Granite 4.1 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.8 to 24.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.1 8b or Llama 2-70B better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (29.9 vs 30.8); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.1 8b and Llama 2-70B share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.1 8b has 13 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-70B has 35.