Noometry

Model comparison

Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Granite 4.1 8b

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.9 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Claude Sonnet 5.5 Anthropic

61.9

Rank #10 Confirmed

Granite 4.1 8b IBM

37.4

Rank #205 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Sonnet 5.5 scores higher in 8 categories and Granite 4.1 8b in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads 87.9 to 36.4.
  • Granite 4.1 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Sonnet 5.5Granite 4.1 8b
ProviderAnthropicIBM
Noometry Index61.937.4
Released2026-09-28—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked3213

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Category by category

Coding Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 67.3 (#6), Granite 4.1 8b: 30.1 (#297)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Granite 4.1 8b
LMArena WebDev17741192
LMArena Coding15131312
FrontierCode52.1%—
CursorBench55.5%—
FrontierSWE61.9%—
SciCode61%—
ALE-Bench1,819—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 45.0 (#16), Granite 4.1 8b: —

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Granite 4.1 8b
APEX-Agents75.5%—

Reasoning Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 54.0 (#28), Granite 4.1 8b: 25.7 (#143)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Granite 4.1 8b
LMArena Hard Prompts14951293
NYT Connections (extended)80.5%—
CritPt31.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles65%—
Epoch Capabilities Index165.03—

Math Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 87.9 (#6), Granite 4.1 8b: 36.4 (#166)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Granite 4.1 8b
LMArena Math15101312
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)88.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 480.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench100%—
FrontierMath Erdős2.9%—

Knowledge Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 66.0 (#12), Granite 4.1 8b: 36.1 (#174)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Granite 4.1 8b
LMArena Expert15401309
GPQA Diamond95.6%—
SimpleQA Verified46.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 51.5 (#6), Granite 4.1 8b: —

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Granite 4.1 8b
LMArena Vision1289—
Furniture Assembly75%—

Multilingual Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 55.3 (#30), Granite 4.1 8b: 41.7 (#204)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Granite 4.1 8b
LMArena Non-English14521261
LMArena Chinese15221337
LMArena Russian14511240

Instruction Following Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 78.3 (#11), Granite 4.1 8b: 66.9 (#203)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Granite 4.1 8b
LMArena Instruction Following14951269

Long Context Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 45.9 (#28), Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#193)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Granite 4.1 8b
LMArena Longer Query14981275

Writing & Preference Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 66.0 (#40), Granite 4.1 8b: 48.1 (#204)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Granite 4.1 8b
LMArena Text14711290
LMArena Creative Writing14651251
LMArena Multi-Turn14741268

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 better than Granite 4.1 8b?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.9 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 or Granite 4.1 8b better for coding?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 67.3 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Granite 4.1 8b share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 5.5 has 32 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.1 8b has 13.

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