Model comparison
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct vs Phi-4
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 3.1 8b Instruct scores higher in 4 categories and Phi-4 in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads 33.0 to 20.8.
Side by side
| Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Phi-4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 31.2 |
| Released | — | 2024-12-11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.07 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.14 |
| Results tracked | 13 | 37 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 34.5 (#233), Phi-4: 34.4 (#239)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1186 | 1231 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.5% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 30.7% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 55.4% |
Agentic & Tool Use Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 24.1 (#120), Phi-4: 22.8 (#128)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 27.1% | 28.8% |
| BALROG | — | 11.6% |
Reasoning Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 22.1 (#207), Phi-4: 17.7 (#291)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1145 | 1220 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 47.8% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 45.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 130.42 |
| LiveBench | — | 41.6% |
Math Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 33.0 (#209), Phi-4: 20.8 (#285)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1152 | 1246 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 13.8% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 42% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 64.9% |
Knowledge Phi-4 leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#220), Phi-4: 32.6 (#209)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1142 | 1203 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.1% |
| Confabulations | — | 29.4% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 3.7% |
| MMLU | — | 84.8% |
Multilingual Phi-4 leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.9 (#260), Phi-4: 37.2 (#237)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1099 | 1197 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1145 | 1212 |
| LMArena Russian | 1092 | 1209 |
| LMArena French | — | 1224 |
| LMArena German | — | 1222 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1158 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1151 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1234 |
Instruction Following Phi-4 leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 58.6 (#259), Phi-4: 60.4 (#251)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1131 | 1201 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 58.4% |
Long Context Phi-4 leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.2 (#241), Phi-4: 36.9 (#226)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1162 | 1217 |
Writing & Preference Phi-4 leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.5 (#266), Phi-4: 40.5 (#244)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1150 | 1217 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1129 | 1182 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1108 | 1206 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 62.6% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 25.6% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 3.1 8b Instruct better than Phi-4?
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 3.1 8b Instruct or Phi-4 better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (34.5 vs 34.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Granite 3.1 8b Instruct and Phi-4 share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has 13 scored results on Noometry and Phi-4 has 37.