Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-4.1 nano vs Granite 3.0 8b Instruct

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.6 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.1 nano OpenAI

27.9

Rank #327 Confirmed

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct IBM

31.6

Rank #270 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 nano scores higher in 3 categories and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in multilingual, where GPT-4.1 nano leads 41.6 to 27.2.
  • Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4.1 nanoGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
ProviderOpenAIIBM
Noometry Index27.931.6
Released2025-04-14—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.10—
Output $ / M tokens$0.40—
Results tracked3814

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Category by category

Coding Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 24.1 (#330), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.7 (#301)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Coding13061112
Aider Polyglot8.9%—
SciCode25.9%—
WeirdML19%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—29.3%
BigCodeBench Complete—35.4%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4.1 nano: 26.5 (#104), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard33%—

Reasoning Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 8.5 (#349), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 20.9 (#230)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts12861092
ARC-AGI-20%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark33.3%—
ARC-AGI-10%—
CritPt0%—
DTBench52.5%—
LMCA5.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index129.62—

Math Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 26.9 (#252), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 32.8 (#210)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Math12741143
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202528.9%—
Omni-MATH36.7%—
MATH Level 570%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1%—

Knowledge Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 21.8 (#273), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.6 (#236)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Expert12721087
GPQA Diamond48.9%—
SimpleQA Verified6%—
MMLU-Pro55%—
GPQA (HELM)50.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.1 nano: 29.2 (#113), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Vision1063—

Multilingual GPT-4.1 nano leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 41.6 (#205), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 27.2 (#276)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Non-English12601037
LMArena Chinese12701063
LMArena Russian12611060
LMArena German1288—
LMArena Japanese1198—

Instruction Following GPT-4.1 nano leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 67.8 (#193), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 56.0 (#276)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following12671088
IFEval84.3%—

Long Context Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 23.7 (#296), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 34.0 (#252)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query12831122
Fiction.LiveBench25%—

Writing & Preference GPT-4.1 nano leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 40.5 (#243), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#285)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Text12851096
LMArena Creative Writing12601071
LMArena Multi-Turn12771063
EQ-Bench Creative Writing946—
WildBench81.2%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.1 nano better than Granite 3.0 8b Instruct?

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.6 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4.1 nano or Granite 3.0 8b Instruct better for coding?

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 29.7 versus 24.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.1 nano and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.1 nano has 38 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has 14.

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