Model comparison
Granite 4.0 Micro vs Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Granite 4.0 Micro and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.0 vs 29.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 8 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.0 Micro scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct in 3 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen2.5 7B Instruct leads 17.0 to 9.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MMLU-Pro: 39.5% for Granite 4.0 Micro and 53.9% for Qwen2.5 7B Instruct.
- Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper at $0.017 / $0.11 per million input/output tokens, against $0.17 / $0.70 for Qwen2.5 7B Instruct.
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 29.0 |
| Released | 2025-10-02 | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | 131K |
| Max output | 118K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.017 | $0.17 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.11 | $0.70 |
| Results tracked | 8 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 36.5 (#208)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 37.6% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 46.1% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 23.8 (#124)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | — | 7.8% |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 14.8 (#322)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | 0% |
| DTBench | — | 47.7% |
| LMCA | — | 6.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 118.51 |
Math Too close to call
Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 12.6 (#306)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.8% | 2.5% |
| Omni-MATH | 20.9% | 29.4% |
Knowledge Qwen2.5 7B Instruct leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 17.0 (#286)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 28.3% | 35.5% |
| MMLU-Pro | 39.5% | 53.9% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.7% | 34.1% |
| MMLU | — | 72.9% |
Instruction Following Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 63.2 (#231)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 84.9% | 74.1% |
Writing & Preference Qwen2.5 7B Instruct leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 48.8 (#195)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| WildBench | 67% | 73.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 Micro better than Qwen2.5 7B Instruct?
Granite 4.0 Micro and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.0 vs 29.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Granite 4.0 Micro or Qwen2.5 7B Instruct?
Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.017 per million input tokens and $0.11 per million output tokens; Qwen2.5 7B Instruct lists at $0.17 and $0.70.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct does, with 131K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 Micro and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct share?
8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 Micro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has 15.