Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-6 Sol vs Granite 4.1 8b

GPT-6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

GPT-6 Sol OpenAI

61.8

Rank #12 Confirmed

Granite 4.1 8b IBM

37.4

Rank #205 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6 Sol 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 math, where GPT-6 Sol leads 87.2 to 36.4.
  • Granite 4.1 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-6 SolGranite 4.1 8b
ProviderOpenAIIBM
Noometry Index61.837.4
Released2026-09-22—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked4513

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 60.1 (#11), Granite 4.1 8b: 30.1 (#297)

BenchmarkGPT-6 SolGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena WebDev16881192
LMArena Coding14471312
DeepSWE68.8%—
FrontierCode49.3%—
SciCode57.6%—
ALE-Bench2,462—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-6 Sol: 37.2 (#36), Granite 4.1 8b: —

BenchmarkGPT-6 SolGranite 4.1 8b
APEX-Agents54.3%—
GDP.pdf26.4%—
Vending-Bench 214,428—

Reasoning GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 74.0 (#9), Granite 4.1 8b: 25.7 (#143)

BenchmarkGPT-6 SolGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Hard Prompts14181293
ARC-AGI-289.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)90.1%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
CritPt30.9%—
EBR-Bench53.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles56%—
DTBench97.3%—
LMCA59.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index162.72—

Math GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 87.2 (#7), Granite 4.1 8b: 36.4 (#166)

BenchmarkGPT-6 SolGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Math14021312
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)89.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 490%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench83%—

Knowledge GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 64.8 (#15), Granite 4.1 8b: 36.1 (#174)

BenchmarkGPT-6 SolGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Expert14391309
GPQA Diamond94.3%—
SimpleQA Verified60.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-6 Sol: 47.6 (#10), Granite 4.1 8b: —

BenchmarkGPT-6 SolGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Vision1245—
Blueprint-Bench 236.9%—
Furniture Assembly58.3%—

Multilingual GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 50.5 (#118), Granite 4.1 8b: 41.7 (#204)

BenchmarkGPT-6 SolGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Non-English13851261
LMArena Chinese14051337
LMArena Russian14011240
LMArena French1410—
LMArena German1390—
LMArena Japanese1385—
LMArena Korean1341—
LMArena Spanish1384—

Instruction Following GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 74.5 (#94), Granite 4.1 8b: 66.9 (#203)

BenchmarkGPT-6 SolGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Instruction Following14121269

Long Context GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 43.1 (#108), Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#193)

BenchmarkGPT-6 SolGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Longer Query14111275

Writing & Preference GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 71.9 (#18), Granite 4.1 8b: 48.1 (#204)

BenchmarkGPT-6 SolGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Text13951290
LMArena Creative Writing13781251
LMArena Multi-Turn14121268
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2125—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-6 Sol better than Granite 4.1 8b?

GPT-6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-6 Sol or Granite 4.1 8b better for coding?

GPT-6 Sol scores higher on coding benchmarks: 60.1 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-6 Sol and Granite 4.1 8b share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6 Sol has 45 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.1 8b has 13.

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