# Codellama 34b Instruct vs Granite 3.0 2b Instruct

> Codellama 34b Instruct and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.8 vs 30.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/codellama-34b-instruct-vs-granite-3-0-2b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 11

## Summary

- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 34b Instruct scores higher in 1 category and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct in 6 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Instruct: 29% for Codellama 34b Instruct and 20.5% for Granite 3.0 2b Instruct.

## Snapshot

| | Codellama 34b Instruct | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 30.8 |
| Rank | 287 | 286 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.5 (#314)
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 28.3 (#316)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 29% | 20.5% |
| LMArena Coding | 1046 | 1090 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 37.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 43.9% | — |
| MBPP+ | 56.3% | — |

## Reasoning

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 19.6 (#255)
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 20.5 (#235)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1032 | 1073 |

## Math

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 31.0 (#230)
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.2 (#217)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1056 | 1117 |

## Knowledge

- Codellama 34b Instruct: —
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.0 (#241)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1064 |

## Multilingual

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 25.8 (#284)
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.0 (#278)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1011 | 1033 |
| LMArena Chinese | 976 | 1070 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1045 |

## Instruction Following

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 52.2 (#291)
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 53.9 (#284)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1028 | 1056 |

## Long Context

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 30.9 (#284)
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.5 (#268)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1013 | 1070 |

## Writing & Preference

- Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.2 (#297)
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.6 (#292)

| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1066 | 1080 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1032 | 1046 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1015 | 1053 |

## FAQ

### Is Codellama 34b Instruct better than Granite 3.0 2b Instruct?

Codellama 34b Instruct and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.8 vs 30.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

### Is Codellama 34b Instruct or Granite 3.0 2b Instruct better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (28.5 vs 28.3); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do Codellama 34b Instruct and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 34b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has 13.