Model comparison
Granite 4.1 8b vs Qwen1.5-72B
Granite 4.1 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.8 to 30.3 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 Qwen1.5-72B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 4.1 8b leads 35.5 to 11.5.
Side by side
| Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen1.5-72B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 36.8 | 30.3 |
| Released | — | 2024-02-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 13 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen1.5-72B leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 29.9 (#291), Qwen1.5-72B: 31.4 (#272)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1313 | 1166 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1190 | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 33.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.3% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 59.1% |
| MBPP+ | — | 61.6% |
Reasoning Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 24.6 (#142), Qwen1.5-72B: 21.2 (#201)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1294 | 1148 |
Math Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 33.8 (#167), Qwen1.5-72B: 30.7 (#205)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1311 | 1164 |
Knowledge Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 35.5 (#171), Qwen1.5-72B: 11.5 (#295)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1310 | 1136 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 28.8% |
Multilingual Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 41.8 (#199), Qwen1.5-72B: 33.4 (#248)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1261 | 1135 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1335 | 1186 |
| LMArena Russian | 1238 | 1104 |
| LMArena French | — | 1158 |
| LMArena German | — | 1084 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1061 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1049 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1110 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 67.0 (#198), Qwen1.5-72B: 59.6 (#251)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1268 | 1142 |
Long Context Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#188), Qwen1.5-72B: 35.0 (#238)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1275 | 1157 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 48.3 (#199), Qwen1.5-72B: 37.4 (#253)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1291 | 1166 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1249 | 1137 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1269 | 1160 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.1 8b better than Qwen1.5-72B?
Granite 4.1 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.8 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.1 8b or Qwen1.5-72B better for coding?
Qwen1.5-72B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.4 versus 29.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.1 8b and Qwen1.5-72B share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.1 8b has 13 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-72B has 22.