Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-4.5 vs Granite 4.1 8b

GPT-4.5 and Granite 4.1 8b score almost the same on the Noometry Index (36.9 vs 36.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.5 OpenAI

36.9

Rank #200 Confirmed

Granite 4.1 8b IBM

36.8

Rank #202 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.5 scores higher in 5 categories and Granite 4.1 8b in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where GPT-4.5 leads 41.8 to 29.9.
  • Granite 4.1 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4.5Granite 4.1 8b
ProviderOpenAIIBM
Noometry Index36.936.8
Released2025-02-27—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked4213

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Category by category

Coding GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 41.8 (#102), Granite 4.1 8b: 29.9 (#291)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Granite 4.1 8b
LMArena Coding13971313
Aider Polyglot44.9%—
LMArena WebDev—1190
WeirdML39.4%—
LiveBench Coding75.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 27.6 (#92), Granite 4.1 8b: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Granite 4.1 8b
Cybench17.5%—

Reasoning Granite 4.1 8b leads

GPT-4.5: 14.1 (#320), Granite 4.1 8b: 24.6 (#142)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Granite 4.1 8b
LMArena Hard Prompts14041294
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 Granite 4.1 8b leads

GPT-4.5: 31.0 (#200), Granite 4.1 8b: 33.8 (#167)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Granite 4.1 8b
LMArena Math14121311
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202537.8%—
LiveBench Math69.3%—
MATH Level 578.6%—

Knowledge Granite 4.1 8b leads

GPT-4.5: 32.4 (#205), Granite 4.1 8b: 35.5 (#171)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Granite 4.1 8b
LMArena Expert13941310
GPQA Diamond68.7%—
Humanity's Last Exam5.4%—
Confabulations13.6%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 37.0 (#68), Granite 4.1 8b: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Granite 4.1 8b
LMArena Vision1195—
VPCT45%—

Multilingual GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 52.7 (#78), Granite 4.1 8b: 41.8 (#199)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Granite 4.1 8b
LMArena Non-English14131261
LMArena Chinese14211335
LMArena Russian14191238
LMArena French1417—
LMArena German1457—
LMArena Japanese1416—
LMArena Korean1392—

Instruction Following GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 72.8 (#129), Granite 4.1 8b: 67.0 (#198)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Granite 4.1 8b
LMArena Instruction Following14041268
LiveBench Instruction Following72.3%—

Long Context GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 40.4 (#150), Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#188)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Granite 4.1 8b
LMArena Longer Query14061275
Fiction.LiveBench63.9%—

Writing & Preference GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 57.1 (#129), Granite 4.1 8b: 48.3 (#199)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Granite 4.1 8b
LMArena Text14171291
LMArena Creative Writing13941249
LMArena Multi-Turn14441269
Short-Story Creative Writing75.6%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1258—
LiveBench Language61.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.5 better than Granite 4.1 8b?

GPT-4.5 and Granite 4.1 8b score almost the same on the Noometry Index (36.9 vs 36.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Is GPT-4.5 or Granite 4.1 8b better for coding?

GPT-4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 29.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.5 and Granite 4.1 8b share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.5 has 42 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.1 8b has 13.

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