Model comparison
Claude 2 vs Granite 4.1 8b
Granite 4.1 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- The widest gap is in math, where Granite 4.1 8b leads 36.4 to 9.3.
- Granite 4.1 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 2 | Granite 4.1 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 25.0 | 37.4 |
| Released | 2023-07-11 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 8 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Granite 4.1 8b: 30.1 (#297)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1192 |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1312 |
| HumanEval+ | 61.6% | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.1 8b leads
Claude 2: 21.7 (#216), Granite 4.1 8b: 25.7 (#143)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1293 |
| DTBench | 51.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.13 | — |
Math Granite 4.1 8b leads
Claude 2: 9.3 (#320), Granite 4.1 8b: 36.4 (#166)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1312 |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |
Knowledge Granite 4.1 8b leads
Claude 2: 16.9 (#287), Granite 4.1 8b: 36.1 (#174)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1309 |
| MMLU | 78.5% | — |
| TriviaQA | 87.5% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Granite 4.1 8b: 41.7 (#204)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1261 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1337 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1240 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Granite 4.1 8b: 66.9 (#203)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1269 |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#193)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1275 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Granite 4.1 8b: 48.1 (#204)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1290 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1251 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1268 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2 better than Granite 4.1 8b?
Granite 4.1 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and Granite 4.1 8b share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.1 8b has 13.