# Granite 3.1 2b Instruct vs Yi-Large

> Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#243); Yi-Large does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

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

## Summary

- The widest gap is in coding, where Yi-Large leads 36.1 to 32.9.
- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 32.6 | 37.6 |
| Rank | 243 | — |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 32.9 (#255)
- Yi-Large: 36.1 (#201)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 37.7% |
| LMArena Coding | 1149 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 47.2% |

## Reasoning

- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 21.0 (#206)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1138 | — |

## Math

- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 30.6 (#206)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1159 | — |

## Knowledge

- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 30.3 (#223)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1131 | — |
| MMLU | — | 79.3% |

## Multilingual

- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 29.2 (#264)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1068 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1138 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1063 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 58.0 (#259)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1116 | — |

## Long Context

- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 35.0 (#239)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1155 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 34.3 (#269)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1127 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1116 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1099 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Granite 3.1 2b Instruct better than Yi-Large?

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#243); Yi-Large does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is Granite 3.1 2b Instruct or Yi-Large better for coding?

Yi-Large scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.1 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Granite 3.1 2b Instruct and Yi-Large share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has 12 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Large has 3.