Model comparison
Granite 4.1 30B vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Qwen3.6 Plus has enough public results to be ranked (#54); Granite 4.1 30B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.1 30B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Plus in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.6 Plus leads 28.5 to 21.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 25.8% for Granite 4.1 30B and 40.7% for Qwen3.6 Plus.
- Granite 4.1 30B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 4.1 30B | Qwen3.6 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.4 | 47.3 |
| Released | 2026-04-29 | 2026-03-31 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $3 |
| Results tracked | 2 | 37 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Granite 4.1 30B: 34.6, Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.6 (#125)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 25.8% | 40.7% |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 57.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1461 |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1467 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 670.15 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.1 30B: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 5,115 |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Granite 4.1 30B: 21.7, Qwen3.6 Plus: 28.5 (#89)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | 2.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 60.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 17% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 59.5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1449 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 12% |
| DTBench | — | 81.9% |
| LMCA | — | 33.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 147.67 |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.1 30B: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: 50.6 (#44)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 38.2% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 93.3% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1450 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 26.2% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 8.3% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Granite 4.1 30B: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#40)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 88.4% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 44.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1456 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.1 30B: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.5 (#66)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1424 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1478 |
| LMArena French | — | 1454 |
| LMArena German | — | 1451 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1389 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1381 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1434 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1432 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Granite 4.1 30B: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.2 (#70)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1425 |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.1 30B: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.1 (#48)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | — | 20.3% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1440 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Granite 4.1 30B: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.4 (#78)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1437 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1405 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1438 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.1 30B better than Qwen3.6 Plus?
Qwen3.6 Plus has enough public results to be ranked (#54); Granite 4.1 30B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is Granite 4.1 30B or Qwen3.6 Plus better for coding?
Qwen3.6 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.6 versus 34.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.1 30B and Qwen3.6 Plus share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.1 30B has 2 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Plus has 37.