Model comparison
Gemma 2 9B vs Granite 3.0 2b Instruct
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.2 to 25.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 5 categories and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads 29.7 to 9.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Instruct: 34.7% for Gemma 2 9B and 20.5% for Granite 3.0 2b Instruct.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 9B | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | |
| Noometry Index | 25.7 | 30.2 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 35 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 2 9B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 29.0 (#299), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.8 (#311)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 34.7% | 20.5% |
| LMArena Coding | 1174 | 1090 |
| LiveBench Coding | 22.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |
Reasoning Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads
Gemma 2 9B: 15.3 (#306), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 19.6 (#234)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1172 | 1073 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 36.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.78 | — |
| LiveBench | 28.7% | — |
| PIQA | 83.7% | — |
Math Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.3 (#312), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.7 (#215)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1183 | 1117 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0.6% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 19.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 21% | — |
| GSM8K | 84.9% | — |
Knowledge Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#300), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 28.4 (#238)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1147 | 1064 |
| GPQA Diamond | 27.5% | — |
| BoolQ | 85.7% | — |
| MMLU | 72.1% | — |
Multilingual Gemma 2 9B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.8 (#233), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.1 (#273)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1188 | 1033 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1185 | 1070 |
| LMArena Russian | 1200 | 1045 |
| LMArena French | 1189 | — |
| LMArena German | 1186 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1144 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1137 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1200 | — |
Instruction Following Gemma 2 9B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 57.8 (#264), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 54.2 (#279)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1178 | 1056 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.6% | — |
Long Context Gemma 2 9B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#228), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.5 (#263)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1197 | 1071 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 2 9B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 32.3 (#276), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.8 (#287)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1207 | 1080 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1206 | 1046 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1193 | 1053 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 841 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 9B better than Granite 3.0 2b Instruct?
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.2 to 25.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2 9B or Granite 3.0 2b Instruct better for coding?
Gemma 2 9B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 29.0 versus 27.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has 13.