# Claude 2 vs Granite 4.0 Micro

> Granite 4.0 Micro is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.0 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/claude-2-vs-granite-4-0-micro
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 2

## Summary

- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2 scores higher in 2 categories and Granite 4.0 Micro in 1 category; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Claude 2 leads 16.9 to 9.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 34.7% for Claude 2 and 28.3% for Granite 4.0 Micro.
- Granite 4.0 Micro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Claude 2 | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 25.0 | 29.0 |
| Rank | 346 | 318 |
| Context | — | 131K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.017 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.11 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Claude 2: —
- Granite 4.0 Micro: —

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| HumanEval+ | 61.6% | — |

## Reasoning

- Claude 2: 21.7 (#216)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| DTBench | 51.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.13 | — |

## Math

- Claude 2: 9.3 (#320)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | 2.8% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 20.9% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Claude 2: 16.9 (#287)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34.7% | 28.3% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 39.5% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.7% |
| MMLU | 78.5% | — |
| TriviaQA | 87.5% | — |

## Instruction Following

- Claude 2: —
- Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 84.9% |

## Writing & Preference

- Claude 2: —
- Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| WildBench | — | 67% |

## FAQ

### Is Claude 2 better than Granite 4.0 Micro?

Granite 4.0 Micro is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.0 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and Granite 4.0 Micro share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 Micro has 8.