Model comparison
Granite 4.1 8b vs Mistral Medium 3.1
Granite 4.1 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Granite 4.1 8b leads 25.7 to 10.6.
- Granite 4.1 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Medium 3.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 37.4 | 31.9 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 105K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Results tracked | 13 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.1 8b: 30.1 (#297), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1192 | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1312 | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 25.7 (#143), Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.6 (#341)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 6.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 20.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1293 | — |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.1 8b: 36.4 (#166), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1312 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Granite 4.1 8b: 36.1 (#174), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1309 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.1 8b: 41.7 (#204), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1261 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1337 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1240 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Granite 4.1 8b: 66.9 (#203), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1269 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#193), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1275 | — |
Writing & Preference Mistral Medium 3.1 leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 48.1 (#204), Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.5 (#145)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1290 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1251 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1476 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1268 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.1 8b better than Mistral Medium 3.1?
Granite 4.1 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.1 8b and Mistral Medium 3.1 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.1 8b has 13 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3.