Model comparison
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct vs Nova Premier 1.0
Nova Premier 1.0 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 31.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nova Premier 1.0 leads 51.0 to 35.7.
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Nova Premier 1.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 31.8 | 37.7 |
| Released | — | 2025-04-30 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 10K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $12.50 |
| Results tracked | 13 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 33.9 (#232), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1186 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 23.9 (#113), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 27.1% | — |
Reasoning Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 21.2 (#204), Nova Premier 1.0: 22.3 (#182)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 44.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1146 | — |
Math Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.4 (#210), Nova Premier 1.0: 31.5 (#194)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | — | 35% |
| LMArena Math | 1152 | — |
Knowledge Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.6 (#218), Nova Premier 1.0: 35.4 (#176)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | — | 72.6% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 51.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1142 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#255), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1099 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1145 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1092 | — |
Instruction Following Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 58.9 (#254), Nova Premier 1.0: 66.9 (#201)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 80.3% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1131 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.2 (#236), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1162 | — |
Writing & Preference Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.7 (#261), Nova Premier 1.0: 51.0 (#174)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1150 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1129 | — |
| WildBench | — | 78.8% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1108 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 3.1 8b Instruct better than Nova Premier 1.0?
Nova Premier 1.0 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 31.8 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Granite 3.1 8b Instruct and Nova Premier 1.0 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has 13 scored results on Noometry and Nova Premier 1.0 has 6.