# Granite 3.0 8b Instruct vs Yi-Large

> Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#270); Yi-Large does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/granite-3-0-8b-instruct-vs-yi-large
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 2

## Summary

- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 3.0 8b 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 29.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 35.4% for Granite 3.0 8b Instruct and 47.2% for Yi-Large.
- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 31.6 | 38.1 |
| Rank | 270 | — |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.7 (#301)
- Yi-Large: 36.7 (#203)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 29.3% | 37.7% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 35.4% | 47.2% |
| LMArena Coding | 1112 | — |

## Reasoning

- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 20.9 (#230)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1092 | — |

## Math

- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 32.8 (#210)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1143 | — |

## Knowledge

- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.6 (#236)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1087 | — |
| MMLU | — | 79.3% |

## Multilingual

- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 27.2 (#276)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1037 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1063 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1060 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 56.0 (#276)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1088 | — |

## Long Context

- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 34.0 (#252)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1122 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#285)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1096 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1071 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1063 | — |

## FAQ

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

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#270); Yi-Large does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

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

Yi-Large scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.7 versus 29.7 in the Noometry coding category.

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

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Large has 3.