Model comparison
Granite 4.1 8b vs Qwen2.5-Coder-32B
Granite 4.1 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.8 to 32.9 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 8 categories and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Granite 4.1 8b leads 29.9 to 22.4.
Side by side
| Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 36.8 | 32.9 |
| Released | — | 2024-09-18 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 33K |
| Max output | — | 29K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.66 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1 |
| Results tracked | 13 | 31 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 29.9 (#291), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 22.4 (#328)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1313 | 1276 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 9% |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 16.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1190 | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 49% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 56.9% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 58% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 87.2% |
| MBPP+ | — | 77% |
Reasoning Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 24.6 (#142), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 20.4 (#220)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1294 | 1251 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 42.1% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 49.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 119.41 |
| HellaSwag | — | 83% |
| LiveBench | — | 46.2% |
| WinoGrande | — | 80.8% |
Math Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 33.8 (#167), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 30.8 (#203)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1311 | 1251 |
| LiveBench Math | — | 46.6% |
| GSM8K | — | 93% |
Knowledge Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 35.5 (#171), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 32.9 (#200)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1310 | 1221 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 70.5% |
| MMLU | — | 79.1% |
Multilingual Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 41.8 (#199), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 38.0 (#230)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1261 | 1205 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1335 | 1222 |
| LMArena Russian | 1238 | 1228 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 67.0 (#198), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 61.6 (#240)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1268 | 1223 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 58.7% |
Long Context Too close to call
Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#188), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 37.9 (#204)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1275 | 1251 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 48.3 (#199), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 41.8 (#235)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1291 | 1230 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1249 | 1174 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1269 | 1222 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 23.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.1 8b better than Qwen2.5-Coder-32B?
Granite 4.1 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.8 to 32.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.1 8b or Qwen2.5-Coder-32B better for coding?
Granite 4.1 8b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 29.9 versus 22.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.1 8b and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.1 8b has 13 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B has 31.