Noometry

Model comparison

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct vs Grok 4.6

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 31.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct IBM

31.6

Rank #270 Confirmed

Grok 4.6 xAI

56.9

Rank #21 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 3.0 8b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Grok 4.6 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.6 leads 61.4 to 20.9.
  • Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Granite 3.0 8b InstructGrok 4.6
ProviderIBMxAI
Noometry Index31.656.9
Released—2026-08-12
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—500K
Max output—500K
Input $ / M tokens—$2
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked1449

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.6 leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.7 (#301), Grok 4.6: 58.5 (#16)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructGrok 4.6
LMArena Coding11121465
DeepSWE—67.5%
FrontierCode—48%
CursorBench—41.4%
LMArena WebDev—1617
FrontierSWE—25.3%
SciCode—56.5%
WeirdML—67.3%
BigCodeBench Instruct29.3%—
BigCodeBench Complete35.4%—
ALE-Bench—1,508

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: —, Grok 4.6: 39.4 (#27)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructGrok 4.6
APEX-Agents—65.3%
GDP.pdf—17.2%
Vending-Bench 2—9,047

Reasoning Grok 4.6 leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 20.9 (#230), Grok 4.6: 61.4 (#20)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructGrok 4.6
LMArena Hard Prompts10921447
ARC-AGI-2—67.1%
SimpleBench—75.9%
NYT Connections (extended)—80%
ARC-AGI-1—87.5%
CritPt—19.7%
Chess Puzzles—40%
EBR-Bench—30.5%
Mystery Game Puzzles—34%
DTBench—97.3%
LMCA—48.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—156.44

Math Grok 4.6 leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 32.8 (#210), Grok 4.6: 67.0 (#24)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructGrok 4.6
LMArena Math11431423
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—66%
FrontierMath Tier 4—31.7%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—99.2%
ProofBench—51%

Knowledge Grok 4.6 leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.6 (#236), Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#20)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructGrok 4.6
LMArena Expert10871467
GPQA Diamond—94%
SimpleQA Verified—49.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: —, Grok 4.6: 43.6 (#23)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructGrok 4.6
LMArena Vision—1263
Blueprint-Bench 2—33.2%
Furniture Assembly—40%
LMArena Document—1452

Multilingual Grok 4.6 leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 27.2 (#276), Grok 4.6: 53.0 (#74)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructGrok 4.6
LMArena Non-English10371420
LMArena Chinese10631480
LMArena Russian10601422
LMArena French—1461
LMArena German—1431
LMArena Japanese—1376
LMArena Korean—1397
LMArena Spanish—1404

Instruction Following Grok 4.6 leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 56.0 (#276), Grok 4.6: 75.4 (#63)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructGrok 4.6
LMArena Instruction Following10881431

Long Context Grok 4.6 leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 34.0 (#252), Grok 4.6: 44.5 (#66)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructGrok 4.6
LMArena Longer Query11221454

Writing & Preference Grok 4.6 leads

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#285), Grok 4.6: 62.3 (#80)

BenchmarkGranite 3.0 8b InstructGrok 4.6
LMArena Text10961428
LMArena Creative Writing10711428
LMArena Multi-Turn10631425

Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 3.0 8b Instruct better than Grok 4.6?

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 31.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Granite 3.0 8b Instruct or Grok 4.6 better for coding?

Grok 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.5 versus 29.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Granite 3.0 8b Instruct and Grok 4.6 share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.6 has 49.

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