# Granite 3.1 8b Instruct vs Mistral Small 3.2

> Granite 3.1 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/granite-3-1-8b-instruct-vs-mistral-small-3-2
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Small 3.2 leads 45.0 to 35.5.

## Snapshot

| | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 31.2 |
| Rank | 258 | 280 |
| Context | — | 256K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.0938 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.25 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 34.5 (#233)
- Mistral Small 3.2: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1186 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 24.1 (#120)
- Mistral Small 3.2: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 27.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 22.1 (#207)
- Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 40.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1145 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 131.74 |

## Math

- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 33.0 (#209)
- Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 30.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1152 | — |

## Knowledge

- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#220)
- Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 49.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1142 | — |

## Multilingual

- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.9 (#260)
- Mistral Small 3.2: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1099 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1145 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1092 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 58.6 (#259)
- Mistral Small 3.2: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1131 | — |

## Long Context

- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.2 (#241)
- Mistral Small 3.2: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1162 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.5 (#266)
- Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1150 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1129 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1255 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1108 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Granite 3.1 8b Instruct better than Mistral Small 3.2?

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Granite 3.1 8b Instruct and Mistral Small 3.2 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has 13 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.2 has 6.