Model comparison
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct vs Mistral Medium 3.5
Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.2 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 Mistral Medium 3.5 in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Medium 3.5 leads 58.5 to 35.5.
Side by side
| Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Mistral Medium 3.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 40.2 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 210K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 13 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 34.5 (#233), Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.0 (#213)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1186 | 1461 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1264 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 24.1 (#120), Mistral Medium 3.5: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 27.1% | — |
Reasoning Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 22.1 (#207), Mistral Medium 3.5: 17.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1145 | 1436 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 41.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 12.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 141.35 |
Math Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 33.0 (#209), Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.1 (#113)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1152 | 1431 |
Knowledge Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#220), Mistral Medium 3.5: 40.0 (#126)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1142 | 1432 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: —, Mistral Medium 3.5: 38.3 (#65)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1223 |
Multilingual Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.9 (#260), Mistral Medium 3.5: 51.9 (#100)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1099 | 1404 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1145 | 1442 |
| LMArena Russian | 1092 | 1395 |
| LMArena French | — | 1448 |
| LMArena German | — | 1451 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1385 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1409 |
Instruction Following Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 58.6 (#259), Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.6 (#90)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1131 | 1415 |
Long Context Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.2 (#241), Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#103)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1162 | 1415 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.5 (#266), Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.5 (#117)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1150 | 1421 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1129 | 1374 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1108 | 1423 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 993 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 3.1 8b Instruct better than Mistral Medium 3.5?
Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.2 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 3.1 8b Instruct or Mistral Medium 3.5 better for coding?
Mistral Medium 3.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.0 versus 34.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 3.1 8b Instruct and Mistral Medium 3.5 share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has 13 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22.