Model comparison
Granite 4.1 8b vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Granite 4.1 8b and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (36.8 vs 37.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.1 8b scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 8 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads 55.5 to 48.3.
Side by side
| Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 36.8 | 37.7 |
| Released | — | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 13 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 29.9 (#291), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 36.2 (#199)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1190 | 1275 |
| LMArena Coding | 1313 | 1413 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 55.4% |
| GSO | — | 4.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 41.2% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 461.45 |
| AlgoTune | — | 1.44 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.1 8b: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.7 (#116)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 27.2% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Granite 4.1 8b: 24.6 (#142), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 24.7 (#141)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1294 | 1372 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 49.5% |
Math Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 33.8 (#167), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 34.9 (#151)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1311 | 1364 |
Knowledge Too close to call
Granite 4.1 8b: 35.5 (#171), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 36.4 (#159)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1310 | 1337 |
Multilingual Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 41.8 (#199), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.8 (#143)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1261 | 1345 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1335 | 1356 |
| LMArena Russian | 1238 | 1367 |
| LMArena French | — | 1394 |
| LMArena German | — | 1324 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1309 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1307 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1360 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 67.0 (#198), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.8 (#142)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1268 | 1356 |
Long Context Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#188), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#126)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1275 | 1379 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 48.3 (#199), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.5 (#142)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1291 | 1356 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1249 | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1269 | 1365 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.1 8b better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
Granite 4.1 8b and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (36.8 vs 37.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Granite 4.1 8b or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.2 versus 29.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.1 8b and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.1 8b has 13 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.