Model comparison
GPT-4.1 mini vs Granite 3.0 8b Instruct
GPT-4.1 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.5 to 31.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 mini scores higher in 5 categories and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where GPT-4.1 mini leads 45.9 to 27.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Instruct: 48.9% for GPT-4.1 mini and 29.3% for Granite 3.0 8b Instruct.
- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| GPT-4.1 mini | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 33.5 | 31.1 |
| Released | 2025-04-14 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 33K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.40 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.60 | — |
| Results tracked | 47 | 14 |
Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry
Category by category
Coding GPT-4.1 mini leads
GPT-4.1 mini: 30.4 (#286), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.1 (#297)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 48.9% | 29.3% |
| LMArena Coding | 1367 | 1113 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 23.9% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | 32.4% | — |
| SciCode | 40.4% | — |
| WeirdML | 37.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 35.4% |
| CadEval | 16% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GPT-4.1 mini: 33.0 (#52), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: —
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 50.5% | — |
Reasoning Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
GPT-4.1 mini: 10.9 (#335), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 20.0 (#227)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1349 | 1092 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 48.6% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 3.5% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 7% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 7% | — |
| DTBench | 68.8% | — |
| LMCA | 21.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 135.01 | — |
Math Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
GPT-4.1 mini: 23.1 (#264), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 30.3 (#211)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1343 | 1143 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 6.7% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 44.7% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 49.1% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 87.3% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 4.5% | — |
Knowledge GPT-4.1 mini leads
GPT-4.1 mini: 34.7 (#183), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.1 (#233)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1338 | 1087 |
| GPQA Diamond | 65.8% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 12.7% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 78.3% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 61.4% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
GPT-4.1 mini: 35.2 (#77), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: —
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1181 | — |
Multilingual GPT-4.1 mini leads
GPT-4.1 mini: 45.9 (#161), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 27.4 (#271)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1318 | 1037 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1329 | 1063 |
| LMArena Russian | 1324 | 1060 |
| LMArena French | 1357 | — |
| LMArena German | 1349 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1291 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1298 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1319 | — |
Instruction Following GPT-4.1 mini leads
GPT-4.1 mini: 73.9 (#113), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 56.2 (#271)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1332 | 1088 |
| IFEval | 90.4% | — |
Long Context Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
GPT-4.1 mini: 31.8 (#270), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 34.0 (#247)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1344 | 1122 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 44.4% | — |
Writing & Preference GPT-4.1 mini leads
GPT-4.1 mini: 48.8 (#193), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 31.2 (#280)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1341 | 1096 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1300 | 1071 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1354 | 1063 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1147 | — |
| WildBench | 83.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-4.1 mini better than Granite 3.0 8b Instruct?
GPT-4.1 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.5 to 31.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is GPT-4.1 mini or Granite 3.0 8b Instruct better for coding?
GPT-4.1 mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 30.4 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do GPT-4.1 mini and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.1 mini has 47 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has 14.