Model comparison
Granite 4.1 8b vs Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Granite 4.1 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in math, where Granite 4.1 8b leads 36.4 to 12.6.
Side by side
| Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.4 | 29.0 |
| Released | — | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.17 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Results tracked | 13 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen2.5 7B Instruct leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 30.1 (#297), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 36.5 (#208)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1192 | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 37.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1312 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 46.1% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.1 8b: —, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 23.8 (#124)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | — | 7.8% |
Reasoning Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 25.7 (#143), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 14.8 (#322)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1293 | — |
| DTBench | — | 47.7% |
| LMCA | — | 6.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 118.51 |
Math Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 36.4 (#166), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 12.6 (#306)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 2.5% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 29.4% |
| LMArena Math | 1312 | — |
Knowledge Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 36.1 (#174), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 17.0 (#286)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 35.5% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 53.9% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 34.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1309 | — |
| MMLU | — | 72.9% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.1 8b: 41.7 (#204), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1261 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1337 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1240 | — |
Instruction Following Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 66.9 (#203), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 63.2 (#231)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 74.1% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1269 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#193), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1275 | — |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Granite 4.1 8b: 48.1 (#204), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 48.8 (#195)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1290 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1251 | — |
| WildBench | — | 73.1% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1268 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.1 8b better than Qwen2.5 7B Instruct?
Granite 4.1 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.1 8b or Qwen2.5 7B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.5 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.1 8b and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.1 8b has 13 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has 15.