Granite 4.1 8B wins more areas, narrowly.Qwen2.5 Coder Instruct 7B is cheaper.
Scores updated · 8 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the two 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.
Coding rests on a single test.
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.
Qwen2.5 Coder Instruct 7B costs 73% less for the same work.
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+9.4points ahead
- Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+7points ahead
Where Qwen2.5 Coder Instruct 7B pulls ahead
- Very hard expert questions across many subjectsHumanity's Last Exam+1.1points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 8 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
ReasoningEven
- GPQA DiamondGranite 4.1 8B by 9.443.333.9+9.4
- Humanity's Last ExamQwen2.5 Coder Instruct 7B by 1.13.84.9+1.1
Other results5 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.
- CRUXEval-O (output prediction)Qwen2.5 Coder Instruct 7B by 8.447.656+8.4
- MBPPGranite 4.1 8B by 3.887.383.5+3.8
- HumanEvalQwen2.5 Coder Instruct 7B by 385.488.4+3
- MultiPL-EGranite 4.1 8B by 1.560.358.8+1.5
- AA Intelligencetie6.65.8tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Granite 4.1 8B or Qwen2.5 Coder Instruct 7B?
Granite 4.1 8B wins one of the two areas where both have results: coding. Qwen2.5 Coder Instruct 7B wins none, but costs 73% less. They are level on reasoning.
Which is better for coding?
Granite 4.1 8B. It wins the one coding test both models report.
Which is cheaper?
Granite 4.1 8B costs $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.10 per million output tokens; Qwen2.5 Coder Instruct 7B costs $0.01 and $0.03. That makes Qwen2.5 Coder Instruct 7B about 73% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 8 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 3 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 5 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.