Model comparison
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct vs Laguna M.1
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct and Laguna M.1 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.4 vs 32.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
PoolsideSummary
- The widest gap is in math, where Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads 33.0 to 21.1.
Side by side
| Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Laguna M.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Poolside |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 32.5 |
| Released | — | 2026-04-28 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 13 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Laguna M.1 leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 34.5 (#233), Laguna M.1: 36.6 (#204)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1349 |
| LMArena Coding | 1186 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 24.1 (#120), Laguna M.1: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 27.1% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 22.1 (#207), Laguna M.1: 23.1 (#184)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1145 | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 15.6% |
Math Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 33.0 (#209), Laguna M.1: 21.1 (#283)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | — | 0% |
| LMArena Math | 1152 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#220), Laguna M.1: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1142 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.9 (#260), Laguna M.1: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1099 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1145 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1092 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 58.6 (#259), Laguna M.1: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1131 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.2 (#241), Laguna M.1: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1162 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.5 (#266), Laguna M.1: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1150 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1129 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1108 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 3.1 8b Instruct better than Laguna M.1?
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct and Laguna M.1 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.4 vs 32.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Granite 3.1 8b Instruct or Laguna M.1 better for coding?
Laguna M.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.6 versus 34.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 3.1 8b Instruct and Laguna M.1 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has 13 scored results on Noometry and Laguna M.1 has 3.