Model comparison
Granite 4.1 8b vs Nova Premier 1.0
Granite 4.1 8b and Nova Premier 1.0 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (36.8 vs 37.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
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Summary
- Granite 4.1 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 4.1 8b | Nova Premier 1.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 36.8 | 37.7 |
| Released | — | 2025-04-30 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 10K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $12.50 |
| Results tracked | 13 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.1 8b: 29.9 (#291), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1190 | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1313 | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 24.6 (#142), Nova Premier 1.0: 22.3 (#182)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 44.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1294 | — |
Math Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 33.8 (#167), Nova Premier 1.0: 31.5 (#194)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | — | 35% |
| LMArena Math | 1311 | — |
Knowledge Too close to call
Granite 4.1 8b: 35.5 (#171), Nova Premier 1.0: 35.4 (#176)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | — | 72.6% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 51.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1310 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.1 8b: 41.8 (#199), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1261 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1335 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1238 | — |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Granite 4.1 8b: 67.0 (#198), Nova Premier 1.0: 66.9 (#201)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 80.3% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1268 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#188), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1275 | — |
Writing & Preference Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 48.3 (#199), Nova Premier 1.0: 51.0 (#174)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1291 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1249 | — |
| WildBench | — | 78.8% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1269 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.1 8b better than Nova Premier 1.0?
Granite 4.1 8b and Nova Premier 1.0 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (36.8 vs 37.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.1 8b and Nova Premier 1.0 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.1 8b has 13 scored results on Noometry and Nova Premier 1.0 has 6.