# Granite 4.1 8b vs Mistral Medium 3.1

> Granite 4.1 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/granite-4-1-8b-vs-mistral-medium-3-1
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Granite 4.1 8b leads 25.7 to 10.6.
- Granite 4.1 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 37.4 | 31.9 |
| Rank | 205 | 266 |
| Context | — | 131K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.40 |
| Output $/M | — | $2 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Granite 4.1 8b: 30.1 (#297)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1192 | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1312 | — |

## Reasoning

- Granite 4.1 8b: 25.7 (#143)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.6 (#341)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 6.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 20.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1293 | — |

## Math

- Granite 4.1 8b: 36.4 (#166)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1312 | — |

## Knowledge

- Granite 4.1 8b: 36.1 (#174)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1309 | — |

## Multilingual

- Granite 4.1 8b: 41.7 (#204)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1261 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1337 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1240 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Granite 4.1 8b: 66.9 (#203)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1269 | — |

## Long Context

- Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#193)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1275 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Granite 4.1 8b: 48.1 (#204)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.5 (#145)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1290 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1251 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1476 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1268 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Granite 4.1 8b better than Mistral Medium 3.1?

Granite 4.1 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Granite 4.1 8b and Mistral Medium 3.1 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.1 8b has 13 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3.