Model comparison
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct vs Magistral Medium
Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.2 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 3.1 8b Instruct scores higher in 1 category and Magistral Medium in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads 22.1 to 8.6.
Side by side
| Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Magistral Medium | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 35.2 |
| Released | — | 2025-03-17 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $5 |
| Results tracked | 13 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Magistral Medium leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 34.5 (#233), Magistral Medium: 39.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1186 | 1319 |
| SciCode | — | 39.2% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 24.1 (#120), Magistral Medium: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 27.1% | — |
Reasoning Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 22.1 (#207), Magistral Medium: 8.6 (#348)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1145 | 1267 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 16.2% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 6.1% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
Math Magistral Medium leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 33.0 (#209), Magistral Medium: 35.1 (#189)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1152 | 1250 |
Knowledge Magistral Medium leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#220), Magistral Medium: 33.5 (#202)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1142 | 1223 |
Multilingual Magistral Medium leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.9 (#260), Magistral Medium: 39.6 (#224)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1099 | 1232 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1145 | 1227 |
| LMArena Russian | 1092 | 1224 |
| LMArena French | — | 1267 |
| LMArena German | — | 1248 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1175 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1125 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1271 |
Instruction Following Magistral Medium leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 58.6 (#259), Magistral Medium: 66.0 (#211)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1131 | 1254 |
Long Context Magistral Medium leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.2 (#241), Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#183)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1162 | 1295 |
Writing & Preference Magistral Medium leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.5 (#266), Magistral Medium: 46.3 (#219)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1150 | 1255 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1129 | 1245 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1108 | 1275 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 3.1 8b Instruct better than Magistral Medium?
Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.2 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 3.1 8b Instruct or Magistral Medium better for coding?
Magistral Medium scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.1 versus 34.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 3.1 8b Instruct and Magistral Medium share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has 13 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Medium has 22.