Model comparison
Granite 4.1 8b vs Mistral Medium
Granite 4.1 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 36.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.1 8b scores higher in 3 categories and Mistral Medium in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Medium leads 60.0 to 48.1.
Side by side
| Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Medium | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 37.4 | 36.3 |
| Released | — | 2023-12-11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 13 | 36 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Medium leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 30.1 (#297), Mistral Medium: 34.2 (#243)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1312 | 1434 |
| FrontierCode | — | 8% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1192 | — |
| SciCode | — | 40.2% |
| WeirdML | — | 43.7% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 763.98 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.1 8b: —, Mistral Medium: 28.3 (#90)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 37.7% |
Reasoning Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 25.7 (#143), Mistral Medium: 24.0 (#167)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1293 | 1426 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 50% |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| DTBench | — | 75.5% |
| LMCA | — | 26.1% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 26.9% |
Math Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 36.4 (#166), Mistral Medium: 28.1 (#245)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1312 | 1408 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 32.2% |
| ProofBench | — | 9% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 81.6% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 0.3% |
Knowledge Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 36.1 (#174), Mistral Medium: 25.0 (#265)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1309 | 1408 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 59.5% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 4.5% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 22.7% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Granite 4.1 8b: —, Mistral Medium: 35.3 (#88)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1172 |
Multilingual Mistral Medium leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 41.7 (#204), Mistral Medium: 52.1 (#91)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1261 | 1408 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1337 | 1447 |
| LMArena Russian | 1240 | 1411 |
| LMArena French | — | 1459 |
| LMArena German | — | 1432 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1378 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1380 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1433 |
Instruction Following Mistral Medium leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 66.9 (#203), Mistral Medium: 73.7 (#116)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1269 | 1398 |
Long Context Mistral Medium leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#193), Mistral Medium: 42.9 (#114)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1275 | 1406 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Medium leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 48.1 (#204), Mistral Medium: 60.0 (#103)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1290 | 1424 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1251 | 1391 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1268 | 1418 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 77.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.1 8b better than Mistral Medium?
Granite 4.1 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 36.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.1 8b or Mistral Medium better for coding?
Mistral Medium scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.2 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.1 8b and Mistral Medium share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.1 8b has 13 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium has 36.