Model comparison
Granite 4.0 Micro vs Grok 4.1
Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 4.1 leads 39.5 to 9.9.
- Granite 4.0 Micro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 Micro | Grok 4.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 41.5 |
| Released | 2025-10-02 | 2025-11-17 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 118K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.017 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.11 | — |
| Results tracked | 8 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Grok 4.1: 33.7 (#253)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1214 |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1445 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Grok 4.1: 34.1 (#49)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | — | 39% |
Reasoning Grok 4.1 leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265), Grok 4.1: 29.5 (#91)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1435 |
Math Grok 4.1 leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307), Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#120)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 20.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1422 |
Knowledge Grok 4.1 leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304), Grok 4.1: 39.5 (#133)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 28.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 39.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1417 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Grok 4.1: 53.4 (#68)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1425 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1465 |
| LMArena French | — | 1448 |
| LMArena German | — | 1446 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1397 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1407 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1434 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1438 |
Instruction Following Grok 4.1 leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169), Grok 4.1: 73.8 (#111)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 84.9% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1400 |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#100)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1416 |
Writing & Preference Grok 4.1 leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216), Grok 4.1: 62.4 (#75)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1437 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1411 |
| WildBench | 67% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1437 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 Micro better than Grok 4.1?
Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 Micro and Grok 4.1 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 Micro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.1 has 19.