# Granite 3.0 2b Instruct vs Yi-Large

> Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#286); Yi-Large does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

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

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Granite 3.0 2b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Yi-Large in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Yi-Large leads 36.7 to 28.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Instruct: 20.5% for Granite 3.0 2b Instruct and 37.7% for Yi-Large.
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 38.1 |
| Rank | 286 | — |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 28.3 (#316)
- Yi-Large: 36.7 (#203)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 20.5% | 37.7% |
| LMArena Coding | 1090 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 47.2% |

## Reasoning

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 20.5 (#235)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1073 | — |

## Math

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.2 (#217)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1117 | — |

## Knowledge

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.0 (#241)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1064 | — |
| MMLU | — | 79.3% |

## Multilingual

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.0 (#278)
- Yi-Large: —

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

## Instruction Following

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 53.9 (#284)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1056 | — |

## Long Context

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.5 (#268)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1070 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.6 (#292)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1080 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1046 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1053 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Granite 3.0 2b Instruct better than Yi-Large?

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#286); Yi-Large does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is Granite 3.0 2b Instruct or Yi-Large better for coding?

Yi-Large scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.7 versus 28.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Granite 3.0 2b Instruct and Yi-Large share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has 13 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Large has 3.