# GPT-4 vs Granite 3.0 2b Instruct

> Granite 3.0 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gpt-4-vs-granite-3-0-2b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 13

## Summary

- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4 scores higher in 5 categories and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads 32.2 to 10.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Instruct: 46% for GPT-4 and 20.5% for Granite 3.0 2b Instruct.
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | GPT-4 | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 29.1 | 30.8 |
| Rank | 316 | 286 |
| Context | 8K | — |
| Input $/M | $30 | — |
| Output $/M | $60 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- GPT-4: 31.6 (#283)
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 28.3 (#316)

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 46% | 20.5% |
| LMArena Coding | 1254 | 1090 |
| WeirdML | 12.4% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 57.2% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 79.3% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- GPT-4: —
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: —

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| METR Time Horizons | 36.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- GPT-4: 17.8 (#289)
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 20.5 (#235)

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1241 | 1073 |
| Chess Puzzles | 4% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 12% | — |
| DTBench | 62.7% | — |
| LMCA | 17.1% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 75.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 125.89 | — |
| ForecastBench | 57.8 | — |
| HellaSwag | 95.3% | — |
| WinoGrande | 87.5% | — |

## Math

- GPT-4: 10.8 (#309)
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.2 (#217)

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1269 | 1117 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.1% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 23% | — |
| GSM8K | 92% | — |

## Knowledge

- GPT-4: 18.4 (#282)
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.0 (#241)

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1211 | 1064 |
| GPQA Diamond | 35.7% | — |
| MMLU | 86.4% | — |
| TriviaQA | 84.8% | — |

## Multilingual

- GPT-4: 40.6 (#215)
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.0 (#278)

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1246 | 1033 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1242 | 1070 |
| LMArena Russian | 1251 | 1045 |
| LMArena French | 1283 | — |
| LMArena German | 1251 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1209 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1184 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1261 | — |

## Instruction Following

- GPT-4: 65.3 (#222)
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 53.9 (#284)

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1241 | 1056 |

## Long Context

- GPT-4: 37.7 (#212)
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.5 (#268)

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1244 | 1070 |

## Writing & Preference

- GPT-4: 34.9 (#268)
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.6 (#292)

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1263 | 1080 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1244 | 1046 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1257 | 1053 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 752 | — |

## FAQ

### Is GPT-4 better than Granite 3.0 2b Instruct?

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Is GPT-4 or Granite 3.0 2b Instruct better for coding?

GPT-4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.6 versus 28.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do GPT-4 and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4 has 38 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has 13.