Model comparison

ERNIE 5.1 vs Granite 4.0 Micro

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

ERNIE 5.1 Baidu

43.1

Rank #87 Confirmed

Granite 4.0 Micro IBM

28.8

Rank #312 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where ERNIE 5.1 leads 41.2 to 9.9.
  • Granite 4.0 Micro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

ERNIE 5.1 and Granite 4.0 Micro specifications
ERNIE 5.1Granite 4.0 Micro
ProviderBaiduIBM
Noometry Index43.128.8
Released—2025-10-02
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—118K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.017
Output $ / M tokens—$0.11
Results tracked198

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: 43.4 (#78), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Granite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Coding1488—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: —, Granite 4.0 Micro: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Granite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Search1227—

Reasoning ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 20.9 (#209), Granite 4.0 Micro: 18.5 (#261)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Granite 4.0 Micro
NYT Connections (extended)23.4%—
Chess Puzzles—0%
LMArena Hard Prompts1481—

Math ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 37.5 (#96), Granite 4.0 Micro: 11.2 (#301)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Granite 4.0 Micro
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—2.8%
Omni-MATH—20.9%
LMArena Math1481—

Knowledge ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 41.2 (#103), Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#299)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Granite 4.0 Micro
GPQA Diamond—28.3%
MMLU-Pro—39.5%
GPQA (HELM)—30.7%
LMArena Expert1491—

Multilingual Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: 55.7 (#28), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Granite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Non-English1455—
LMArena Chinese1507—
LMArena French1486—
LMArena German1470—
LMArena Japanese1422—
LMArena Korean1428—
LMArena Russian1459—
LMArena Spanish1472—

Instruction Following ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 76.9 (#35), Granite 4.0 Micro: 70.0 (#164)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Granite 4.0 Micro
IFEval—84.9%
LMArena Instruction Following1460—

Long Context Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#56), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Granite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Longer Query1462—

Writing & Preference ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 65.3 (#50), Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#212)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Granite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Text1468—
LMArena Creative Writing1440—
WildBench—67%
LMArena Multi-Turn1471—

Frequently asked questions

Is ERNIE 5.1 better than Granite 4.0 Micro?

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.1 and Granite 4.0 Micro share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 Micro has 8.

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