Model comparison

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct vs Hy4 preview

Hy4 preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

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Granite 3.1 8b Instruct IBM

32.4

Rank #258 Confirmed

Hy4 preview Tencent

45.3

Rank #73 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Hy4 preview leads 55.7 to 33.0.

Side by side

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct and Hy4 preview specifications
Granite 3.1 8b InstructHy4 preview
ProviderIBMTencent
Noometry Index32.445.3
Released—2026-08-28
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—1.05M
Max output—64K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.83
Output $ / M tokens—$2.50
Results tracked133

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Category by category

Coding Hy4 preview leads

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 34.5 (#233), Hy4 preview: 51.6 (#38)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 8b InstructHy4 preview
LMArena WebDev—1632
LMArena Coding1186—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 24.1 (#120), Hy4 preview: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 8b InstructHy4 preview
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard27.1%—

Reasoning Hy4 preview leads

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 22.1 (#207), Hy4 preview: 31.9 (#79)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 8b InstructHy4 preview
NYT Connections (extended)—68.2%
LMArena Hard Prompts1145—

Math Hy4 preview leads

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 33.0 (#209), Hy4 preview: 55.7 (#42)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 8b InstructHy4 preview
ProofBench—75%
LMArena Math1152—

Knowledge Not comparable

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#220), Hy4 preview: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 8b InstructHy4 preview
LMArena Expert1142—

Multilingual Not comparable

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.9 (#260), Hy4 preview: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 8b InstructHy4 preview
LMArena Non-English1099—
LMArena Chinese1145—
LMArena Russian1092—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 58.6 (#259), Hy4 preview: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 8b InstructHy4 preview
LMArena Instruction Following1131—

Long Context Not comparable

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.2 (#241), Hy4 preview: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 8b InstructHy4 preview
LMArena Longer Query1162—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.5 (#266), Hy4 preview: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 3.1 8b InstructHy4 preview
LMArena Text1150—
LMArena Creative Writing1129—
LMArena Multi-Turn1108—

Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 3.1 8b Instruct better than Hy4 preview?

Hy4 preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Granite 3.1 8b Instruct or Hy4 preview better for coding?

Hy4 preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.6 versus 34.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Granite 3.1 8b Instruct and Hy4 preview share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has 13 scored results on Noometry and Hy4 preview has 3.

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