Model comparison

GPT-5.5 Pro vs Granite 3.0 8b Instruct

GPT-5.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.3 to 31.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 Pro OpenAI

64.3

Rank #8 Confirmed

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct IBM

31.6

Rank #270 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.5 Pro leads 73.3 to 20.9.
  • Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 Pro and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct specifications
GPT-5.5 ProGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
ProviderOpenAIIBM
Noometry Index64.331.6
Released2026-04-23—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$30—
Output $ / M tokens$180—
Results tracked1414

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.7 (#301)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
BigCodeBench Instruct—29.3%
LMArena Coding—1112
BigCodeBench Complete—35.4%

Reasoning GPT-5.5 Pro leads

GPT-5.5 Pro: 73.3 (#10), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 20.9 (#230)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
SimpleBench76.9%—
ARC-AGI-196.5%—
CritPt30.6%—
Chess Puzzles64%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1092
DTBench96%—
LMCA53.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index162.07—

Math GPT-5.5 Pro leads

GPT-5.5 Pro: 84.0 (#10), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 32.8 (#210)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)87.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 478%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
LMArena Math—1143
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)52.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)39.6%—

Knowledge GPT-5.5 Pro leads

GPT-5.5 Pro: 64.1 (#19), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.6 (#236)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
GPQA Diamond93.9%—
LMArena Expert—1087

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 27.2 (#276)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Non-English—1037
LMArena Chinese—1063
LMArena Russian—1060

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 56.0 (#276)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following—1088

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 34.0 (#252)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query—1122

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#285)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Text—1096
LMArena Creative Writing—1071
LMArena Multi-Turn—1063

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 Pro better than Granite 3.0 8b Instruct?

GPT-5.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.3 to 31.6 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 Pro and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has 14.

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