Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-4.5 vs Granite 3.0 8b Instruct

GPT-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.2 to 31.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.5 OpenAI

37.2

Rank #208 Confirmed

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct IBM

31.6

Rank #270 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.5 scores higher in 6 categories and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-4.5 leads 56.9 to 31.1.
  • Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4.5Granite 3.0 8b Instruct
ProviderOpenAIIBM
Noometry Index37.231.6
Released2025-02-27—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked4214

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Category by category

Coding GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 42.2 (#109), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.7 (#301)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Granite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Coding13961112
Aider Polyglot44.9%—
WeirdML39.4%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—29.3%
LiveBench Coding75.2%—
BigCodeBench Complete—35.4%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 27.9 (#97), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Granite 3.0 8b Instruct
Cybench17.5%—

Reasoning Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads

GPT-4.5: 13.9 (#330), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 20.9 (#230)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Granite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14031092
ARC-AGI-20.8%—
SimpleBench34.5%—
ARC-AGI-110.3%—
EnigmaEval3.2%—
LiveBench Reasoning71.1%—
LiveBench Data Analysis64.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index136.74—
ForecastBench61.7—
LiveBench69%—

Math Too close to call

GPT-4.5: 32.6 (#211), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 32.8 (#210)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Granite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Math14121143
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202537.8%—
LiveBench Math69.3%—
MATH Level 578.6%—

Knowledge GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 32.5 (#211), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.6 (#236)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Granite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Expert13941087
GPQA Diamond68.7%—
Humanity's Last Exam5.4%—
Confabulations13.6%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 37.6 (#71), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Granite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Vision1195—
VPCT45%—

Multilingual GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 52.5 (#83), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 27.2 (#276)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Granite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14131037
LMArena Chinese14211063
LMArena Russian14191060
LMArena French1418—
LMArena German1457—
LMArena Japanese1416—
LMArena Korean1392—

Instruction Following GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 72.6 (#134), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 56.0 (#276)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Granite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14041088
LiveBench Instruction Following72.3%—

Long Context GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 40.4 (#155), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 34.0 (#252)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Granite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14061122
Fiction.LiveBench63.9%—

Writing & Preference GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 56.9 (#134), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#285)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Granite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Text14171096
LMArena Creative Writing13941071
LMArena Multi-Turn14441063
Short-Story Creative Writing75.6%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1258—
LiveBench Language61.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.5 better than Granite 3.0 8b Instruct?

GPT-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.2 to 31.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4.5 or Granite 3.0 8b Instruct better for coding?

GPT-4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.2 versus 29.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.5 and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.5 has 42 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has 14.

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