Model comparison
Granite 4.1 8b vs Qwen1.5-32B
Granite 4.1 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 30.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.1 8b scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen1.5-32B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 4.1 8b leads 36.1 to 13.5.
Side by side
| Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen1.5-32B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.4 | 30.5 |
| Released | — | 2024-02-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 13 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen1.5-32B leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 30.1 (#297), Qwen1.5-32B: 31.7 (#282)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1312 | 1155 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1192 | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 32.3% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 42% |
Reasoning Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 25.7 (#143), Qwen1.5-32B: 21.8 (#212)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1293 | 1130 |
Math Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 36.4 (#166), Qwen1.5-32B: 33.0 (#207)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1312 | 1155 |
Knowledge Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 36.1 (#174), Qwen1.5-32B: 13.5 (#296)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1309 | 1126 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 30.7% |
| MMLU | — | 74.4% |
Multilingual Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 41.7 (#204), Qwen1.5-32B: 31.4 (#259)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1261 | 1106 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1337 | 1177 |
| LMArena Russian | 1240 | 1073 |
| LMArena French | — | 1101 |
| LMArena German | — | 1058 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1027 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1008 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1089 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 66.9 (#203), Qwen1.5-32B: 57.7 (#265)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1269 | 1116 |
Long Context Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#193), Qwen1.5-32B: 34.7 (#246)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1275 | 1146 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 48.1 (#204), Qwen1.5-32B: 34.2 (#271)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1290 | 1137 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1251 | 1083 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1268 | 1140 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.1 8b better than Qwen1.5-32B?
Granite 4.1 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 30.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.1 8b or Qwen1.5-32B better for coding?
Qwen1.5-32B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.7 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.1 8b and Qwen1.5-32B share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.1 8b has 13 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-32B has 21.