# GPT-4.5 vs Granite 3.1 8b Instruct

> GPT-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.9 to 31.8 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gpt-4-5-vs-granite-3-1-8b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.5 scores higher in 8 categories and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where GPT-4.5 leads 52.7 to 31.1.
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | GPT-4.5 | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 36.9 | 31.8 |
| Rank | 200 | 256 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- GPT-4.5: 41.8 (#102)
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 33.9 (#232)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1397 | 1186 |
| Aider Polyglot | 44.9% | — |
| WeirdML | 39.4% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 75.2% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- GPT-4.5: 27.6 (#92)
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 23.9 (#113)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 27.1% |
| Cybench | 17.5% | — |

## Reasoning

- GPT-4.5: 14.1 (#320)
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 21.2 (#204)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1404 | 1146 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.8% | — |
| SimpleBench | 34.5% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 10.3% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 3.2% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 71.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 64.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 136.74 | — |
| ForecastBench | 61.7 | — |
| LiveBench | 69% | — |

## Math

- GPT-4.5: 31.0 (#200)
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.4 (#210)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1412 | 1152 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 37.8% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 69.3% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 78.6% | — |

## Knowledge

- GPT-4.5: 32.4 (#205)
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.6 (#218)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1394 | 1142 |
| GPQA Diamond | 68.7% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 5.4% | — |
| Confabulations | 13.6% | — |

## Multimodal

- GPT-4.5: 37.0 (#68)
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: —

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1195 | — |
| VPCT | 45% | — |

## Multilingual

- GPT-4.5: 52.7 (#78)
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#255)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1413 | 1099 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1421 | 1145 |
| LMArena Russian | 1419 | 1092 |
| LMArena French | 1417 | — |
| LMArena German | 1457 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1416 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1392 | — |

## Instruction Following

- GPT-4.5: 72.8 (#129)
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 58.9 (#254)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1404 | 1131 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 72.3% | — |

## Long Context

- GPT-4.5: 40.4 (#150)
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.2 (#236)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1406 | 1162 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 63.9% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- GPT-4.5: 57.1 (#129)
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.7 (#261)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1417 | 1150 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1394 | 1129 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1444 | 1108 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 75.6% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1258 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 61.5% | — |

## FAQ

### Is GPT-4.5 better than Granite 3.1 8b Instruct?

GPT-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.9 to 31.8 on the Noometry Index.

### Is GPT-4.5 or Granite 3.1 8b Instruct better for coding?

GPT-4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 33.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do GPT-4.5 and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.5 has 42 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has 13.