Model comparison

Granite 4.1 8b vs Mixtral 8x22B

Granite 4.1 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Granite 4.1 8b IBM

37.4

Rank #205 Confirmed

Mixtral 8x22B Mistral AI

27.1

Rank #333 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.1 8b scores higher in 8 categories and Mixtral 8x22B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 4.1 8b leads 36.1 to 15.1.

Side by side

Granite 4.1 8b and Mixtral 8x22B specifications
Granite 4.1 8bMixtral 8x22B
ProviderIBMMistral AI
Noometry Index37.427.1
Released—2024-04-17
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—64K
Max output—64K
Input $ / M tokens—$2
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked1334

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Category by category

Coding Granite 4.1 8b leads

Granite 4.1 8b: 30.1 (#297), Mixtral 8x22B: 24.2 (#329)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Coding13121166
LMArena WebDev1192—
WeirdML—3.2%
BigCodeBench Instruct—40.6%
BigCodeBench Complete—50.2%
HumanEval+—72%
MBPP+—64.3%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Granite 4.1 8b: —, Mixtral 8x22B: 23.1 (#127)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bMixtral 8x22B
Cybench—7.5%

Reasoning Granite 4.1 8b leads

Granite 4.1 8b: 25.7 (#143), Mixtral 8x22B: 19.9 (#248)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Hard Prompts12931150
DTBench—55.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index—122.03
ForecastBench—56.3

Math Granite 4.1 8b leads

Granite 4.1 8b: 36.4 (#166), Mixtral 8x22B: 22.9 (#275)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Math13121184
Omni-MATH—16.3%
MATH Level 5—24.2%

Knowledge Granite 4.1 8b leads

Granite 4.1 8b: 36.1 (#174), Mixtral 8x22B: 15.1 (#293)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Expert13091113
GPQA Diamond—34.1%
MMLU-Pro—46%
GPQA (HELM)—33.4%
MMLU—77.8%

Multilingual Granite 4.1 8b leads

Granite 4.1 8b: 41.7 (#204), Mixtral 8x22B: 32.8 (#255)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Non-English12611128
LMArena Chinese13371116
LMArena Russian12401158
LMArena French—1166
LMArena German—1141
LMArena Japanese—1037
LMArena Korean—1057
LMArena Spanish—1151

Instruction Following Granite 4.1 8b leads

Granite 4.1 8b: 66.9 (#203), Mixtral 8x22B: 57.7 (#266)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Instruction Following12691147
IFEval—72.4%

Long Context Granite 4.1 8b leads

Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#193), Mixtral 8x22B: 34.7 (#247)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Longer Query12751144

Writing & Preference Granite 4.1 8b leads

Granite 4.1 8b: 48.1 (#204), Mixtral 8x22B: 36.9 (#262)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Text12901162
LMArena Creative Writing12511141
LMArena Multi-Turn12681130
WildBench—71.1%

Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 4.1 8b better than Mixtral 8x22B?

Granite 4.1 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Granite 4.1 8b or Mixtral 8x22B better for coding?

Granite 4.1 8b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 30.1 versus 24.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Granite 4.1 8b and Mixtral 8x22B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.1 8b has 13 scored results on Noometry and Mixtral 8x22B has 34.

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