# Granite 3.0 8b Instruct vs Yi-34B

> Granite 3.0 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.1 to 27.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/granite-3-0-8b-instruct-vs-yi-34b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 3.0 8b Instruct scores higher in 3 categories and Yi-34B in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads 29.1 to 7.5.

## Snapshot

| | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 31.1 | 27.4 |
| Rank | 266 | 325 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.1 (#297)
- Yi-34B: 31.8 (#269)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1113 | 1112 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 29.3% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 35.4% | — |

## Reasoning

- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 20.0 (#227)
- Yi-34B: 20.3 (#222)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1092 | 1104 |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 71.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 117.28 |

## Math

- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 30.3 (#211)
- Yi-34B: 19.8 (#277)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1143 | 1114 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 5.1% |
| GSM8K | — | 76% |

## Knowledge

- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.1 (#233)
- Yi-34B: 7.5 (#304)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1087 | 1061 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 14.7% |
| MMLU | — | 76.3% |

## Multilingual

- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 27.4 (#271)
- Yi-34B: 29.9 (#259)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1037 | 1079 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1063 | 1175 |
| LMArena Russian | 1060 | 1050 |
| LMArena French | — | 1080 |
| LMArena German | — | 1042 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 993 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 959 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1070 |

## Instruction Following

- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 56.2 (#271)
- Yi-34B: 56.4 (#269)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1088 | 1091 |

## Long Context

- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 34.0 (#247)
- Yi-34B: 33.2 (#259)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1122 | 1094 |

## Writing & Preference

- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 31.2 (#280)
- Yi-34B: 34.3 (#268)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1096 | 1129 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1071 | 1108 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1063 | 1113 |

## FAQ

### Is Granite 3.0 8b Instruct better than Yi-34B?

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.1 to 27.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Granite 3.0 8b Instruct or Yi-34B better for coding?

Yi-34B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.8 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Granite 3.0 8b Instruct and Yi-34B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.