Model comparison
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct vs Grok-2 (Dec 2024)
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) score almost the same on the Noometry Index (33.2 vs 33.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 3.1 2b Instruct scores higher in 4 categories and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads 48.6 to 34.1.
- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 33.2 | 33.7 |
| Released | — | 2024-08-13 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 12 | 34 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 33.4 (#257), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1149 | 1287 |
| WeirdML | — | 22.2% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 46.4% |
Reasoning Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 22.0 (#209), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1138 | 1272 |
| SimpleBench | — | 22.7% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 54.8% |
| DTBench | — | 65.2% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 54.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 130.48 |
| LiveBench | — | 54.3% |
Math Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 33.1 (#206), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1159 | 1283 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 11.5% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 54.9% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 63.5% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 0.7% |
Knowledge Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 30.8 (#224), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1131 | 1254 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 53.8% |
| Confabulations | — | 20.1% |
Multilingual Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 29.1 (#269), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1068 | 1282 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1139 | 1289 |
| LMArena Russian | 1063 | 1286 |
| LMArena French | — | 1318 |
| LMArena German | — | 1287 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1244 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1237 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1281 |
Instruction Following Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 57.7 (#264), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1116 | 1270 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 69.6% |
Long Context Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 35.0 (#244), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1155 | 1276 |
Writing & Preference Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 34.1 (#274), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1127 | 1305 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1116 | 1284 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1099 | 1290 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 63.6% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 45.6% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 3.1 2b Instruct better than Grok-2 (Dec 2024)?
Granite 3.1 2b Instruct and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) score almost the same on the Noometry Index (33.2 vs 33.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Granite 3.1 2b Instruct or Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (33.4 vs 33.3); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Granite 3.1 2b Instruct and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has 12 scored results on Noometry and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34.