Model comparison

GPT-5-Codex vs Granite 4.1 8b

GPT-5-Codex and Granite 4.1 8b score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.3 vs 36.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

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GPT-5-Codex OpenAI

37.3

Rank #190 Reported

Granite 4.1 8b IBM

36.8

Rank #202 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in coding, where GPT-5-Codex leads 41.9 to 29.9.
  • Granite 4.1 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5-Codex and Granite 4.1 8b specifications
GPT-5-CodexGranite 4.1 8b
ProviderOpenAIIBM
Noometry Index37.336.8
Released2025-09-15—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked313

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5-Codex leads

GPT-5-Codex: 41.9 (#100), Granite 4.1 8b: 29.9 (#291)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena WebDev—1190
WeirdML54.5%—
LMArena Coding—1313

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: 30.8 (#66), Granite 4.1 8b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexGranite 4.1 8b
Terminal-Bench44.3%—

Reasoning GPT-5-Codex leads

GPT-5-Codex: 30.0 (#80), Granite 4.1 8b: 24.6 (#142)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexGranite 4.1 8b
Kagi LLM Benchmark70.3%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1294

Math Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Granite 4.1 8b: 33.8 (#167)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Math—1311

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Granite 4.1 8b: 35.5 (#171)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Expert—1310

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Granite 4.1 8b: 41.8 (#199)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Non-English—1261
LMArena Chinese—1335
LMArena Russian—1238

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Granite 4.1 8b: 67.0 (#198)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Instruction Following—1268

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#188)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Longer Query—1275

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Granite 4.1 8b: 48.3 (#199)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Text—1291
LMArena Creative Writing—1249
LMArena Multi-Turn—1269

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5-Codex better than Granite 4.1 8b?

GPT-5-Codex and Granite 4.1 8b score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.3 vs 36.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Is GPT-5-Codex or Granite 4.1 8b better for coding?

GPT-5-Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 29.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5-Codex and Granite 4.1 8b share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5-Codex has 3 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.1 8b has 13.

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