Model comparison
Granite 4.1 8b vs Mistral Small
Granite 4.1 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 33.4 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 4 categories and Mistral Small in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Granite 4.1 8b leads 36.4 to 16.4.
Side by side
| Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 37.4 | 33.4 |
| Released | — | 2024-02-26 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 256K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.60 |
| Results tracked | 13 | 39 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Small leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 30.1 (#297), Mistral Small: 34.0 (#247)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1312 | 1362 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1192 | — |
| SciCode | — | 26.5% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 36.1% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 36.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 46.6% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 497.62 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.1 8b: —, Mistral Small: 28.1 (#93)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 37.1% |
Reasoning Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 25.7 (#143), Mistral Small: 19.8 (#250)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1293 | 1335 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 37.8% |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 44.8% |
| DTBench | — | 70.9% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 53.7% |
| LMCA | — | 20.6% |
| LiveBench | — | 44% |
Math Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 36.4 (#166), Mistral Small: 16.4 (#293)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1312 | 1341 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 5.8% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 39.9% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 46.8% |
Knowledge Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 36.1 (#174), Mistral Small: 31.0 (#222)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1309 | 1291 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 47.5% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.1% |
| MMLU | — | 68.7% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Granite 4.1 8b: —, Mistral Small: 33.5 (#96)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1142 |
Multilingual Mistral Small leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 41.7 (#204), Mistral Small: 45.5 (#169)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1261 | 1315 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1337 | 1340 |
| LMArena Russian | 1240 | 1324 |
| LMArena French | — | 1337 |
| LMArena German | — | 1340 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1275 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1259 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1346 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Granite 4.1 8b: 66.9 (#203), Mistral Small: 66.4 (#209)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1269 | 1310 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 63.7% |
Long Context Mistral Small leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#193), Mistral Small: 40.4 (#156)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1275 | 1327 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Small leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 48.1 (#204), Mistral Small: 52.5 (#171)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1290 | 1338 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1251 | 1305 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1268 | 1344 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 30.5% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.1 8b better than Mistral Small?
Granite 4.1 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.1 8b or Mistral Small better for coding?
Mistral Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.0 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.1 8b and Mistral Small share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.1 8b has 13 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small has 39.