Model comparison
Granite 4.1 30B vs Grok 4.7
Grok 4.7 has enough public results to be ranked (#56); Granite 4.1 30B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.1 30B scores higher in 0 categories and Grok 4.7 in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Grok 4.7 leads 55.0 to 34.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 25.8% for Granite 4.1 30B and 57.4% for Grok 4.7.
- Granite 4.1 30B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 4.1 30B | Grok 4.7 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 33.4 | 46.6 |
| Released | 2026-04-29 | 2026-09-21 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 500K |
| Max output | — | 500K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6 |
| Results tracked | 2 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 4.7 leads
Granite 4.1 30B: 34.6, Grok 4.7: 55.0 (#23)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Grok 4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 25.8% | 57.4% |
| CursorBench | — | 46.3% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1636 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 29.5% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1423 |
Reasoning Grok 4.7 leads
Granite 4.1 30B: 21.7, Grok 4.7: 40.1 (#49)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Grok 4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | 17.7% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 76.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1409 |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.1 30B: —, Grok 4.7: 41.1 (#73)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Grok 4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | — | 34% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1393 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Granite 4.1 30B: —, Grok 4.7: 38.7 (#130)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Grok 4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1413 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Granite 4.1 30B: —, Grok 4.7: 28.8 (#107)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Grok 4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| Furniture Assembly | — | 20.8% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.1 30B: —, Grok 4.7: 51.2 (#108)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Grok 4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1392 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1476 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1396 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Granite 4.1 30B: —, Grok 4.7: 74.3 (#98)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Grok 4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1406 |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.1 30B: —, Grok 4.7: 43.2 (#97)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Grok 4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1416 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Granite 4.1 30B: —, Grok 4.7: 70.1 (#23)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Grok 4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1397 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1391 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 2007 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1389 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.1 30B better than Grok 4.7?
Grok 4.7 has enough public results to be ranked (#56); Granite 4.1 30B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is Granite 4.1 30B or Grok 4.7 better for coding?
Grok 4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.0 versus 34.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.1 30B and Grok 4.7 share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.1 30B has 2 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.7 has 21.