# Granite 3.0 2b Instruct vs Mistral Nemo

> Granite 3.0 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.2 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

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

## Summary

- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads 28.4 to 12.3.

## Snapshot

| | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 30.2 | 25.9 |
| Rank | 284 | 332 |
| Context | — | 128K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.15 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.15 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.8 (#311)
- Mistral Nemo: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 20.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1090 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: —
- Mistral Nemo: 23.3 (#118)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 27.6% |
| BALROG | — | 17.6% |

## Reasoning

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 19.6 (#234)
- Mistral Nemo: 19.9 (#230)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1073 | — |
| DTBench | — | 48.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 118.63 |
| PIQA | — | 83.5% |

## Math

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.7 (#215)
- Mistral Nemo: 23.5 (#263)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1117 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 10.8% |
| GSM8K | — | 84.2% |

## Knowledge

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 28.4 (#238)
- Mistral Nemo: 12.3 (#293)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 29.9% |
| LMArena Expert | 1064 | — |
| BoolQ | — | 82.5% |

## Multilingual

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.1 (#273)
- Mistral Nemo: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1033 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1070 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1045 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 54.2 (#279)
- Mistral Nemo: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1056 | — |

## Long Context

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.5 (#263)
- Mistral Nemo: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1071 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.8 (#287)
- Mistral Nemo: 28.6 (#291)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1080 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1046 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 881 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1053 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Granite 3.0 2b Instruct better than Mistral Nemo?

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.2 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Granite 3.0 2b Instruct and Mistral Nemo share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has 13 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Nemo has 10.