# Granite 3.0 2b Instruct vs Yi-1.5-34B

> Granite 3.0 2b Instruct and Yi-1.5-34B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.8 vs 30.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/granite-3-0-2b-instruct-vs-yi-1-5-34b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 13

## Summary

- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 3.0 2b Instruct scores higher in 2 categories and Yi-1.5-34B in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads 29.0 to 14.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Instruct: 20.5% for Granite 3.0 2b Instruct and 33.9% for Yi-1.5-34B.

## Snapshot

| | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 30.6 |
| Rank | 286 | 289 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 28.3 (#316)
- Yi-1.5-34B: 32.4 (#272)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 20.5% | 33.9% |
| LMArena Coding | 1090 | 1169 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 43.8% |

## Reasoning

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 20.5 (#235)
- Yi-1.5-34B: 22.5 (#191)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1073 | 1160 |

## Math

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.2 (#217)
- Yi-1.5-34B: 27.5 (#249)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1117 | 1182 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 25.5% |

## Knowledge

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.0 (#241)
- Yi-1.5-34B: 14.8 (#295)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1064 | 1144 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 32% |

## Multilingual

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.0 (#278)
- Yi-1.5-34B: 32.3 (#256)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1033 | 1121 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1070 | 1213 |
| LMArena Russian | 1045 | 1091 |
| LMArena French | — | 1156 |
| LMArena German | — | 1111 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1021 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1005 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1121 |

## Instruction Following

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 53.9 (#284)
- Yi-1.5-34B: 59.2 (#257)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1056 | 1139 |

## Long Context

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.5 (#268)
- Yi-1.5-34B: 34.6 (#248)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1070 | 1143 |

## Writing & Preference

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.6 (#292)
- Yi-1.5-34B: 37.4 (#257)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1080 | 1173 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1046 | 1135 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1053 | 1153 |

## FAQ

### Is Granite 3.0 2b Instruct better than Yi-1.5-34B?

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct and Yi-1.5-34B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.8 vs 30.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

### Is Granite 3.0 2b Instruct or Yi-1.5-34B better for coding?

Yi-1.5-34B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.4 versus 28.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Granite 3.0 2b Instruct and Yi-1.5-34B share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has 13 scored results on Noometry and Yi-1.5-34B has 21.