Granite 4.1 30B vs Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Wins 4 of 6 areas
Coding · Agents · Long documents · Following instructions
Wins 0 of 6 areas
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Granite 4.1 30B is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 25 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the six areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- CodingWriting and fixing software20Granite 4.1 30B2 of 2 tests
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own10Granite 4.1 30B1 of 2 tests · 1 tie
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Granite 4.1 30B1 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked10Granite 4.1 30B1 of 1 test
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking11Even1 each · 1 tie
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up11Even1 each
Long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Granite 4.1 30B pulls ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+22.2points ahead
- Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+15.8points ahead
- Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+12.6points ahead
Where Llama 3.1 8B Instruct pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+52points ahead
- Very hard expert questions across many subjectsHumanity's Last Exam+1.2points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 25 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingGranite 4.1 30B
- SciCodeGranite 4.1 30B by 12.625.813.2+12.6
- Terminal-Bench HardGranite 4.1 30B by 1.52.30.8+1.5
AgentsGranite 4.1 30B
- τ-Bench V3 · BankingGranite 4.1 30B by 2.33.91.6+2.3
- GDPValtie00tie
ReasoningEven
- GPQA DiamondGranite 4.1 30B by 22.248.125.9+22.2
- Humanity's Last ExamLlama 3.1 8B Instruct by 1.24.15.3+1.2
- CritPttie00tie
FactsEven
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationLlama 3.1 8B Instruct by 52557+52
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyGranite 4.1 30B by 5.513.98.5+5.5
Following instructionsGranite 4.1 30B
- IFBenchGranite 4.1 30B by 15.844.428.6+15.8
Other results14 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- AA-OmniscienceLlama 3.1 8B Instruct by 36.9-67.8-30.9+36.9
- Arena HardGranite 4.1 30B by 34.67136.4+34.6
- AlpacaEval-2.0Granite 4.1 30B by 2956.227.2+29
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Granite 4.1 30B by 25.742.116.4+25.7
- HumanEvalGranite 4.1 30B by 15.888.472.6+15.8
- MMLU-ProGranite 4.1 30B by 15.864.148.3+15.8
- MBPPGranite 4.1 30B by 15.485.570.1+15.4
- GSM8KGranite 4.1 30B by 14.494.279.8+14.4
- MMLUGranite 4.1 30B by 7.280.273+7.2
- HumanEval+Granite 4.1 30B by 5.285.480.2+5.2
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexGranite 4.1 30B by 510.45.4+5
- AttaQGranite 4.1 30B by 2.485.883.4+2.4
- MGSMGranite 4.1 30B by 2.271.168.9+2.2
- AA Intelligencetie7.46.9tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Granite 4.1 30B or Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?
Granite 4.1 30B wins four of the six areas where both have results: coding, agents, long documents and following instructions. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct wins none. They are level on reasoning and facts.
Which is better for coding?
Granite 4.1 30B. It wins 2 of the 2 coding tests both models report; Llama 3.1 8B Instruct wins none.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 25 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 11 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 14 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.