Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-5.4 mini vs Granite 4.1 8b

GPT-5.4 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.8 to 36.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 mini OpenAI

44.8

Rank #69 Confirmed

Granite 4.1 8b IBM

36.8

Rank #202 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 mini scores higher in 8 categories and Granite 4.1 8b in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GPT-5.4 mini leads 51.4 to 35.5.
  • Granite 4.1 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 miniGranite 4.1 8b
ProviderOpenAIIBM
Noometry Index44.836.8
Released2026-03-17—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$4.50—
Results tracked4613

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 45.0 (#67), Granite 4.1 8b: 29.9 (#291)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena WebDev13971190
LMArena Coding14381313
FrontierCode27%—
SciCode49.9%—
WeirdML60.3%—
ALE-Bench1,189—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.4 mini: 29.6 (#74), Granite 4.1 8b: —

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniGranite 4.1 8b
DeepResearch Bench36.3%—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 30.3 (#77), Granite 4.1 8b: 24.6 (#142)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Hard Prompts14241294
ARC-AGI-218.9%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark37.9%—
NYT Connections (extended)61.8%—
ARC-AGI-163.7%—
CritPt10%—
Chess Puzzles24%—
Thematic Generalization61.7%—
Mystery Game Puzzles11%—
DTBench80%—
LMCA40.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index148.83—
ForecastBench57—

Math GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 45.4 (#63), Granite 4.1 8b: 33.8 (#167)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Math14181311
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)51.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 49.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202588.9%—
ProofBench21%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)28.3%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)2.1%—

Knowledge GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 51.4 (#62), Granite 4.1 8b: 35.5 (#171)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Expert14341310
GPQA Diamond86.9%—
SimpleQA Verified29.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.4 mini: 39.0 (#51), Granite 4.1 8b: —

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Vision1245—

Multilingual GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 52.1 (#94), Granite 4.1 8b: 41.8 (#199)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Non-English14051261
LMArena Chinese14461335
LMArena Russian14171238
LMArena French1440—
LMArena German1407—
LMArena Japanese1375—
LMArena Korean1369—
LMArena Spanish1403—

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 74.3 (#99), Granite 4.1 8b: 67.0 (#198)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Instruction Following14051268

Long Context GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 42.9 (#107), Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#188)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Longer Query14071275

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 64.2 (#56), Granite 4.1 8b: 48.3 (#199)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Text14111291
LMArena Creative Writing13701249
LMArena Multi-Turn14291269
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1665—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 mini better than Granite 4.1 8b?

GPT-5.4 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.8 to 36.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.4 mini or Granite 4.1 8b better for coding?

GPT-5.4 mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 45.0 versus 29.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 mini and Granite 4.1 8b share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 mini has 46 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.1 8b has 13.

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