Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Granite 4.1 8b

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek

54.3

Rank #31 Confirmed

Granite 4.1 8b IBM

37.4

Rank #205 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Pro 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 reasoning, where DeepSeek V4 Pro leads 56.5 to 25.7.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Pro and Granite 4.1 8b specifications
DeepSeek V4 ProGranite 4.1 8b
ProviderDeepSeekIBM
Noometry Index54.337.4
Released2026-04-24—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output393K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.66—
Output $ / M tokens$1.98—
Results tracked4813

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 52.4 (#34), Granite 4.1 8b: 30.1 (#297)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena WebDev15821192
LMArena Coding14701312
SWE-bench Verified77.6%—
FrontierCode28.6%—
SciCode51%—
WeirdML66.2%—
ALE-Bench1,403—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 32.8 (#58), Granite 4.1 8b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGranite 4.1 8b
APEX-Agents47.3%—
Vending-Bench 23,285—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 56.5 (#24), Granite 4.1 8b: 25.7 (#143)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Hard Prompts14611293
ARC-AGI-261.3%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark53.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%—
ARC-AGI-190.5%—
CritPt18%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
Mystery Game Puzzles43%—
DTBench93.9%—
LMCA45.5%—
Surface Evolver Bench40%—
Epoch Capabilities Index155.31—
ForecastBench56.1—

Math DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 64.8 (#30), Granite 4.1 8b: 36.4 (#166)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Math14551312
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)64.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.6%—
ProofBench50%—

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 59.5 (#31), Granite 4.1 8b: 36.1 (#174)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Expert14641309
GPQA Diamond91.7%—
SimpleQA Verified52.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.6%—

Multilingual DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 54.4 (#45), Granite 4.1 8b: 41.7 (#204)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Non-English14391261
LMArena Chinese14861337
LMArena Russian14531240
LMArena French1472—
LMArena German1458—
LMArena Japanese1445—
LMArena Korean1447—
LMArena Spanish1458—

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 76.1 (#47), Granite 4.1 8b: 66.9 (#203)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Instruction Following14481269

Long Context DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 45.0 (#51), Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#193)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Longer Query14581275
CL-bench Life13.5%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 65.5 (#46), Granite 4.1 8b: 48.1 (#204)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Text14511290
LMArena Creative Writing14461251
LMArena Multi-Turn14671268
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1553—
EQ-Bench 41166—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro better than Granite 4.1 8b?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro or Granite 4.1 8b better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.4 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Pro and Granite 4.1 8b share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Pro has 48 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.1 8b has 13.

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