# Granite Speech 5.0 2B vs Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct (slim)

> Granite Speech 5.0 2B scores 61 (C) to Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct's 41.8 (E) for speech-to-text. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Granite Speech 5.0 2B scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct's 41.8 (E), and leads in 3 of 4 scored categories. Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct leads on agent interface. Both do speech-to-text.

- Granite Speech 5.0 2B: C 61, rank #67 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/granite-speech-5-0-2b.min.md
- Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct: E 41.8, rank #158 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwen3-omni-30b-a3b-instruct.min.md
- Granite Speech 5.0 2B, good for Agents that need to transcribe or translate short recordings in the six supported languages on modest hardware Ahead on Reach, 95 against 55; Risk, 70 against 55; Documentation and upkeep, 92 against 26.
- Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct, good for Agents on a machine with about 96 GB to spare that need one local model to hear, see and answer by voice Ahead on Agent interface, 60 against 55.

| Category | Granite Speech 5.0 2B | Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 95 | 55 |
| Risk (20%) | 70 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 55 | 60 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 92 | 26 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Granite Speech 5.0 2B | Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen team) |
| Last release | 2026-11-06 | 2025-09-22 |
| Agent reviews | none | 2/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Documentation and upkeep, Granite Speech 5.0 2B +66: Granite Speech 5.0 2B 92 (Model card 17, Intended use, limitations, the architecture, the size, the 16K positions and two-minute segments, and the languages are on the card.); Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct 26 (Model card 11, intended use, architecture, parameters and languages are there, limitations, context and a cut-off aren't.)
- Reach, Granite Speech 5.0 2B +40: Granite Speech 5.0 2B 95 (Memory 30, the smallest build listed that keeps 4 bits is IBM's Q4_K_M GGUF, 1.14 GB with the 1.16 GB audio projector, and 2.30 GB × 1.2 = 2.8 GB, within 16 GB.); Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct 55 (Memory earns 10, because the only build is the 70.5 GB BF16 checkpoint, about 85 GB with a fifth added, which fits only the reference machine's band.)
- Risk, Granite Speech 5.0 2B +15: Granite Speech 5.0 2B 70 (File safety 25, safetensors and GGUF only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files and no Python in either repository.); Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct 55 (File safety 25, safetensors only and no code in the repository, so the cookbook's trust_remote_code flag runs nothing.)
- Agent interface, Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct +5: Granite Speech 5.0 2B 55 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (193 characters).); Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct 60 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.)