# Granite 3.0 2b Instruct vs Qwen3-1.7B

> Granite 3.0 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 26.6 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/granite-3-0-2b-instruct-vs-qwen3-1-7b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in math, where Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads 32.2 to 16.3.

## Snapshot

| | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 26.6 |
| Rank | 286 | 336 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 28.3 (#316)
- Qwen3-1.7B: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 20.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1090 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: —
- Qwen3-1.7B: 24.7 (#115)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 28.4% |

## Reasoning

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 20.5 (#235)
- Qwen3-1.7B: 19.2 (#267)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1073 | — |

## Math

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.2 (#217)
- Qwen3-1.7B: 16.3 (#294)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 8.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1117 | — |

## Knowledge

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.0 (#241)
- Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#278)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 38% |
| LMArena Expert | 1064 | — |

## Multilingual

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.0 (#278)
- Qwen3-1.7B: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1033 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1070 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1045 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 53.9 (#284)
- Qwen3-1.7B: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1056 | — |

## Long Context

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.5 (#268)
- Qwen3-1.7B: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1070 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.6 (#292)
- Qwen3-1.7B: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1080 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1046 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1053 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Granite 3.0 2b Instruct better than Qwen3-1.7B?

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 26.6 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Granite 3.0 2b Instruct and Qwen3-1.7B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has 13 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-1.7B has 4.