Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Granite 3.0 8b Instruct

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 31.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek

54.3

Rank #31 Confirmed

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct IBM

31.6

Rank #270 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher in 8 categories and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4 Pro leads 56.5 to 20.9.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Pro and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct specifications
DeepSeek V4 ProGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
ProviderDeepSeekIBM
Noometry Index54.331.6
Released2026-04-24—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output393K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.66—
Output $ / M tokens$1.98—
Results tracked4814

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 52.4 (#34), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.7 (#301)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Coding14701112
SWE-bench Verified77.6%—
FrontierCode28.6%—
LMArena WebDev1582—
SciCode51%—
WeirdML66.2%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—29.3%
BigCodeBench Complete—35.4%
ALE-Bench1,403—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 32.8 (#58), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
APEX-Agents47.3%—
Vending-Bench 23,285—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 56.5 (#24), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 20.9 (#230)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14611092
ARC-AGI-261.3%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark53.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%—
ARC-AGI-190.5%—
CritPt18%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
Mystery Game Puzzles43%—
DTBench93.9%—
LMCA45.5%—
Surface Evolver Bench40%—
Epoch Capabilities Index155.31—
ForecastBench56.1—

Math DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 64.8 (#30), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 32.8 (#210)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Math14551143
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)64.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.6%—
ProofBench50%—

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 59.5 (#31), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.6 (#236)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Expert14641087
GPQA Diamond91.7%—
SimpleQA Verified52.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.6%—

Multilingual DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 54.4 (#45), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 27.2 (#276)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14391037
LMArena Chinese14861063
LMArena Russian14531060
LMArena French1472—
LMArena German1458—
LMArena Japanese1445—
LMArena Korean1447—
LMArena Spanish1458—

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 76.1 (#47), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 56.0 (#276)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14481088

Long Context DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 45.0 (#51), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 34.0 (#252)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14581122
CL-bench Life13.5%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 65.5 (#46), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#285)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Text14511096
LMArena Creative Writing14461071
LMArena Multi-Turn14671063
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1553—
EQ-Bench 41166—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro better than Granite 3.0 8b Instruct?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 31.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro or Granite 3.0 8b Instruct better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.4 versus 29.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Pro and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Pro has 48 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has 14.

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