Model comparison
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct vs Granite 4.0 Micro
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.2 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads 28.4 to 9.9.
Side by side
| Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Granite 4.0 Micro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 30.2 | 28.8 |
| Released | — | 2025-10-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 118K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.017 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.11 |
| Results tracked | 13 | 8 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.8 (#311), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 20.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1090 | — |
Reasoning Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 19.6 (#234), Granite 4.0 Micro: 18.5 (#261)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1073 | — |
Math Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.7 (#215), Granite 4.0 Micro: 11.2 (#301)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 2.8% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 20.9% |
| LMArena Math | 1117 | — |
Knowledge Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 28.4 (#238), Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#299)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 28.3% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 39.5% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1064 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.1 (#273), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1033 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1070 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1045 | — |
Instruction Following Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 54.2 (#279), Granite 4.0 Micro: 70.0 (#164)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 84.9% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1056 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.5 (#263), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1071 | — |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.8 (#287), Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#212)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1080 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1046 | — |
| WildBench | — | 67% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1053 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 3.0 2b Instruct better than Granite 4.0 Micro?
Granite 3.0 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.2 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Granite 3.0 2b Instruct and Granite 4.0 Micro share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has 13 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 Micro has 8.