Model comparison
Granite 4.1 8b vs Pixtral Large
Granite 4.1 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Granite 4.1 8b leads 48.1 to 32.9.
Side by side
| Granite 4.1 8b | Pixtral Large | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 37.4 | 32.2 |
| Released | — | 2024-11-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6 |
| Results tracked | 13 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.1 8b: 30.1 (#297), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1192 | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1312 | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 25.7 (#143), Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1293 | — |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.1 8b: 36.4 (#166), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1312 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Granite 4.1 8b: 36.1 (#174), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1309 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Granite 4.1 8b: —, Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1089 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.1 8b: 41.7 (#204), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1261 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1337 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1240 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Granite 4.1 8b: 66.9 (#203), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1269 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#193), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1275 | — |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 48.1 (#204), Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1290 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1251 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 988 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1268 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.1 8b better than Pixtral Large?
Granite 4.1 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.1 8b and Pixtral Large share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.1 8b has 13 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.