# Claude Sonnet 5 vs Granite 3.0 8b Instruct

> Claude Sonnet 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.5 to 31.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/claude-sonnet-5-vs-granite-3-0-8b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Sonnet 5 scores higher in 8 categories and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Claude Sonnet 5 leads 69.4 to 31.2.
- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Claude Sonnet 5 | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 54.5 | 31.1 |
| Rank | 26 | 266 |
| Context | 1M | — |
| Input $/M | $2 | — |
| Output $/M | $10 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Claude Sonnet 5: 55.5 (#20)
- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.1 (#297)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1483 | 1113 |
| DeepSWE | 53.8% | — |
| FrontierCode | 42.7% | — |
| CursorBench | 34.1% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1540 | — |
| SciCode | 53.6% | — |
| GSO | 37.3% | — |
| WeirdML | 68.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 29.3% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 35.4% |
| ALE-Bench | 1,463 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Claude Sonnet 5: 42.7 (#16)
- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 54.5% | — |
| GBAEval | 65.3% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1194 | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 6,378 | — |

## Reasoning

- Claude Sonnet 5: 48.2 (#37)
- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 20.0 (#227)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1461 | 1092 |
| SimpleBench | 60.6% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 75.1% | — |
| CritPt | 16.9% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 35% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 35% | — |
| DTBench | 92.5% | — |
| LMCA | 50% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 60% | — |
| Bench to the Future 3 | 0.14 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 156.34 | — |
| ForecastBench | 61.1 | — |

## Math

- Claude Sonnet 5: 66.1 (#21)
- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 30.3 (#211)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1467 | 1143 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 65.6% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 29.3% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 94.7% | — |
| ProofBench | 77% | — |

## Knowledge

- Claude Sonnet 5: 55.7 (#42)
- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.1 (#233)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1491 | 1087 |
| GPQA Diamond | 90.5% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 33.7% | — |

## Multimodal

- Claude Sonnet 5: 42.4 (#26)
- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1275 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 24.9% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1466 | — |

## Multilingual

- Claude Sonnet 5: 54.0 (#55)
- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 27.4 (#271)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1431 | 1037 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1475 | 1063 |
| LMArena Russian | 1452 | 1060 |
| LMArena French | 1457 | — |
| LMArena German | 1448 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1422 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1411 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1436 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Claude Sonnet 5: 76.6 (#39)
- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 56.2 (#271)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1453 | 1088 |

## Long Context

- Claude Sonnet 5: 44.8 (#53)
- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 34.0 (#247)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1464 | 1122 |

## Writing & Preference

- Claude Sonnet 5: 69.4 (#24)
- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 31.2 (#280)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1443 | 1096 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1416 | 1071 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1454 | 1063 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1794 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1236 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Claude Sonnet 5 better than Granite 3.0 8b Instruct?

Claude Sonnet 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.5 to 31.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Claude Sonnet 5 or Granite 3.0 8b Instruct better for coding?

Claude Sonnet 5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.5 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Claude Sonnet 5 and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 5 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has 14.