Granite 4.1 3B vs Granite 4.1 8B
Wins 0 of 6 areas
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Wins 5 of 6 areas
Agents · Reasoning · Facts · Long documents · Following instructions
Granite 4.1 8B is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 43 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.
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own02Granite 4.1 8B2 of 2 tests
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up02Granite 4.1 8B2 of 2 tests
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking01Granite 4.1 8B1 of 3 tests · 2 ties
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts01Granite 4.1 8B1 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked01Granite 4.1 8B1 of 1 test
- CodingWriting and fixing software11Even1 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 8B pulls ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+11.9points ahead
- Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+9.9points ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+8points ahead
Where Granite 4.1 3B pulls ahead
No clear win on a test scored out of 100.
Every test, side by side
All 43 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingEven
- SciCodeGranite 4.1 8B by 9.911.921.8+9.9
- Terminal-Bench HardGranite 4.1 3B by 2.32.30+2.3
AgentsGranite 4.1 8B
- GDPValGranite 4.1 8B by 2.202.2+2.2
- τ-Bench V3 · BankingGranite 4.1 8B by 1.91.23.1+1.9
ReasoningGranite 4.1 8B
- GPQA DiamondGranite 4.1 8B by 11.931.443.3+11.9
- Humanity's Last Examtie3.43.8tie
- CritPttie00tie
FactsGranite 4.1 8B
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationGranite 4.1 8B by 84.912.9+8
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyGranite 4.1 8B by 39.312.3+3
Following instructionsGranite 4.1 8B
- IFBenchGranite 4.1 8B by 4.933.738.6+4.9
Other results32 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.
- Arena HardGranite 4.1 8B by 31.237.869+31.2
- MBPPGranite 4.1 8B by 16.171.287.3+16.1
- DeepMind MathGranite 4.1 8B by 15.564.680.1+15.5
- Eval+ AvgGranite 4.1 8B by 13.16780.2+13.1
- AA-OmniscienceGranite 4.1 8B by 12.9-77-64.1+12.9
- MGSMGranite 4.1 8B by 12.37082.3+12.3
- Minerva MathGranite 4.1 8B by 12.267.980.1+12.2
- MBPP+ (EvalPlus-augmented)Granite 4.1 8B by 11.662.273.8+11.6
- AlpacaEval-2.0Granite 4.1 8B by 11.538.650.1+11.5
- Tulu3 Safety Eval AvgGranite 4.1 8B by 8.866.875.6+8.8
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Granite 4.1 8B by 8.219.627.8+8.2
- MultiPL-EGranite 4.1 8B by 7.852.560.3+7.8
- BFCL v3Granite 4.1 8B by 7.560.868.3+7.5
- AGI EVALGranite 4.1 8B by 7.265.272.4+7.2
- MMMLUGranite 4.1 8B by 7.257.664.8+7.2
- CRUXEval-O (output prediction)Granite 4.1 8B by 6.840.847.6+6.8
- IncludeGranite 4.1 8B by 6.85258.9+6.8
- MMLUGranite 4.1 8B by 6.86773.8+6.8
- MMLU-ProGranite 4.1 8B by 6.249.856+6.2
- GSM8KGranite 4.1 8B by 5.686.992.5+5.6
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexGranite 4.1 8B by 4.84.79.5+4.8
- IFEval (avg)Granite 4.1 8B by 4.882.387.1+4.8
- BBHGranite 4.1 8B by 4.775.880.5+4.7
- HumanEvalGranite 4.1 8B by 3.781.785.4+3.7
- HumanEval+Granite 4.1 8B by 3.176.879.9+3.1
- BigCodeBenchGranite 4.1 8B by 2.832.235+2.8
- GSM SymbolicGranite 4.1 8B by 2.481.383.7+2.4
- SALAD-BenchGranite 4.1 8B by 1.89495.8+1.8
- SimpleQAGranite 4.1 8B by 1.13.74.8+1.1
- MTBench AvgGranite 4.1 8B by 17.68.6+1
- AA Intelligencetie5.96.6tie
- AttaQtie81.981.2tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Granite 4.1 3B or Granite 4.1 8B?
Granite 4.1 8B wins five of the six areas where both have results: agents, reasoning, facts, long documents and following instructions. Granite 4.1 3B wins none. They are level on coding.
Which is better for coding?
Neither. They win 1 coding test each of the 2 both models report.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 43 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 32 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.