Model comparison
Claude 3 Sonnet vs Granite 4.1 8b
Granite 4.1 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.8 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Sonnet scores higher in 0 categories and Granite 4.1 8b in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Granite 4.1 8b leads 33.8 to 10.0.
- Granite 4.1 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 3 Sonnet | Granite 4.1 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 28.8 | 36.8 |
| Released | 2024-02-29 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 30 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Claude 3 Sonnet: 29.2 (#296), Granite 4.1 8b: 29.9 (#291)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1223 | 1313 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1190 |
| WeirdML | 10.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.7% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.8% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 64% | — |
| MBPP+ | 69.3% | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.1 8b leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 19.7 (#232), Granite 4.1 8b: 24.6 (#142)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1197 | 1294 |
| DTBench | 53.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.69 | — |
| WinoGrande | 75.1% | — |
Math Granite 4.1 8b leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 10.0 (#305), Granite 4.1 8b: 33.8 (#167)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1213 | 1311 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 18.2% | — |
Knowledge Granite 4.1 8b leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 21.1 (#271), Granite 4.1 8b: 35.5 (#171)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1173 | 1310 |
| GPQA Diamond | 40.6% | — |
| MMLU | 75.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 3 Sonnet: 24.7 (#120), Granite 4.1 8b: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 984 | — |
Multilingual Granite 4.1 8b leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 38.0 (#229), Granite 4.1 8b: 41.8 (#199)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1205 | 1261 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1188 | 1335 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1238 |
| LMArena French | 1228 | — |
| LMArena German | 1204 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1131 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1128 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1204 | — |
Instruction Following Granite 4.1 8b leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 63.1 (#230), Granite 4.1 8b: 67.0 (#198)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1200 | 1268 |
Long Context Granite 4.1 8b leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 36.7 (#223), Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#188)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1211 | 1275 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.1 8b leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 42.3 (#233), Granite 4.1 8b: 48.3 (#199)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1218 | 1291 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1186 | 1249 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1227 | 1269 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 3 Sonnet better than Granite 4.1 8b?
Granite 4.1 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.8 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 3 Sonnet or Granite 4.1 8b better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (29.2 vs 29.9); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Claude 3 Sonnet and Granite 4.1 8b share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Sonnet has 30 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.1 8b has 13.