# GPT-4 vs Granite 3.1 8b Instruct

> Granite 3.1 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.8 to 28.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gpt-4-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 scores higher in 3 categories and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct in 5 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads 30.4 to 10.1.
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | GPT-4 | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 28.9 | 31.8 |
| Rank | 308 | 256 |
| Context | 8K | — |
| Input $/M | $30 | — |
| Output $/M | $60 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- GPT-4: 31.2 (#277)
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 33.9 (#232)

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1254 | 1186 |
| WeirdML | 12.4% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 46% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 57.2% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 79.3% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- GPT-4: —
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 23.9 (#113)

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 27.1% |
| METR Time Horizons | 36.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- GPT-4: 17.3 (#285)
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 21.2 (#204)

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1241 | 1146 |
| Chess Puzzles | 4% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 12% | — |
| DTBench | 62.7% | — |
| LMCA | 17.1% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 75.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 125.88 | — |
| ForecastBench | 57.8 | — |
| HellaSwag | 95.3% | — |
| WinoGrande | 87.5% | — |

## Math

- GPT-4: 10.1 (#304)
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.4 (#210)

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1269 | 1152 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.1% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 23% | — |
| GSM8K | 92% | — |

## Knowledge

- GPT-4: 18.4 (#277)
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.6 (#218)

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1211 | 1142 |
| GPQA Diamond | 35.7% | — |
| MMLU | 86.4% | — |
| TriviaQA | 84.8% | — |

## Multilingual

- GPT-4: 40.8 (#210)
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#255)

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1246 | 1099 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1242 | 1145 |
| LMArena Russian | 1251 | 1092 |
| LMArena French | 1282 | — |
| LMArena German | 1251 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1209 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1184 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1261 | — |

## Instruction Following

- GPT-4: 65.5 (#217)
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 58.9 (#254)

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1241 | 1131 |

## Long Context

- GPT-4: 37.7 (#207)
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.2 (#236)

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1244 | 1162 |

## Writing & Preference

- GPT-4: 35.0 (#263)
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.7 (#261)

| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1263 | 1150 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1244 | 1129 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1257 | 1108 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 752 | — |

## FAQ

### Is GPT-4 better than Granite 3.1 8b Instruct?

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.8 to 28.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is GPT-4 or Granite 3.1 8b Instruct better for coding?

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.9 versus 31.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do GPT-4 and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4 has 38 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has 13.