Model comparison

Granite 4.0 Micro vs Laguna M.1

Laguna M.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Granite 4.0 Micro IBM

28.8

Rank #312 Confirmed

Laguna M.1 Poolside

31.9

Rank #252 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Laguna M.1 leads 20.3 to 11.2.
  • Laguna M.1 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.

Side by side

Granite 4.0 Micro and Laguna M.1 specifications
Granite 4.0 MicroLaguna M.1
ProviderIBMPoolside
Noometry Index28.831.9
Released2025-10-022026-04-28
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window131K262K
Max output118K33K
Input $ / M tokens$0.017—
Output $ / M tokens$0.11—
Results tracked83

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Laguna M.1: 36.4 (#195)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 MicroLaguna M.1
LMArena WebDev—1348

Reasoning Laguna M.1 leads

Granite 4.0 Micro: 18.5 (#261), Laguna M.1: 21.9 (#187)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 MicroLaguna M.1
Chess Puzzles0%—
Surface Evolver Bench—15.6%

Math Laguna M.1 leads

Granite 4.0 Micro: 11.2 (#301), Laguna M.1: 20.3 (#276)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 MicroLaguna M.1
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20252.8%—
ProofBench—0%
Omni-MATH20.9%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#299), Laguna M.1: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 MicroLaguna M.1
GPQA Diamond28.3%—
MMLU-Pro39.5%—
GPQA (HELM)30.7%—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Granite 4.0 Micro: 70.0 (#164), Laguna M.1: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 MicroLaguna M.1
IFEval84.9%—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#212), Laguna M.1: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 MicroLaguna M.1
WildBench67%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 4.0 Micro better than Laguna M.1?

Laguna M.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Which has the bigger context window?

Laguna M.1 does, with 262K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 Micro and Laguna M.1 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 Micro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Laguna M.1 has 3.

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