Model comparison
Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Granite 3.1 8b Instruct
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.4 to 31.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3.5 Sonnet scores higher in 7 categories and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct in 2 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads 53.0 to 35.7.
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 34.4 | 31.8 |
| Released | 2024-06-20 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 60 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 39.5 (#145), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 33.9 (#232)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1343 | 1186 |
| Aider Polyglot | 51.6% | — |
| GSO | 4.6% | — |
| WeirdML | 40% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 46.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 67.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 58.6% | — |
| CadEval | 48% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 81.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 74.3% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 32.1 (#61), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 23.9 (#113)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 27.1% |
| TheAgentCompany | 24% | — |
| Cybench | 17.5% | — |
| BALROG | 32.6% | — |
| METR Time Horizons | 45.2% | — |
Reasoning Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 22.5 (#176), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 21.2 (#204)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1305 | 1146 |
| SimpleBench | 41.4% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 0.9% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 56.7% | — |
| DTBench | 67.8% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 55% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.55 | — |
| ForecastBench | 60.7 | — |
| LiveBench | 59% | — |
Math Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 18.0 (#282), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.4 (#210)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1306 | 1152 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 8.5% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 27.6% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 52.3% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 56.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 2.1% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 0% | — |
Knowledge Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 28.5 (#236), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.6 (#218)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1264 | 1142 |
| GPQA Diamond | 55.3% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 4.1% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 77.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 19.9% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 56.5% | — |
| MMLU | 87.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 26.0 (#115), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1125 | — |
| Video-MME | 60% | — |
| GeoBench | 62% | — |
| VPCT | 33% | — |
Multilingual Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 43.4 (#180), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#255)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1283 | 1099 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1271 | 1145 |
| LMArena Russian | 1305 | 1092 |
| LMArena French | 1304 | — |
| LMArena German | 1297 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1234 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1200 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1289 | — |
Instruction Following Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 69.0 (#177), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 58.9 (#254)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1297 | 1131 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 69.3% | — |
| IFEval | 85.5% | — |
Long Context Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 39.9 (#162), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.2 (#236)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1311 | 1162 |
Writing & Preference Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 53.0 (#159), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.7 (#261)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1298 | 1150 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1292 | 1129 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1326 | 1108 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 80.3% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1451 | — |
| WildBench | 79.2% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 53.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 3.5 Sonnet better than Granite 3.1 8b Instruct?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.4 to 31.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Granite 3.1 8b Instruct better for coding?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.5 versus 33.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3.5 Sonnet has 60 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has 13.