Noometry

Model comparison

Granite 4.1 8b vs Grok 4.6

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Granite 4.1 8b IBM

37.4

Rank #205 Confirmed

Grok 4.6 xAI

56.9

Rank #21 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.1 8b 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 25.7.
  • Granite 4.1 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Granite 4.1 8bGrok 4.6
ProviderIBMxAI
Noometry Index37.456.9
Released—2026-08-12
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—500K
Max output—500K
Input $ / M tokens—$2
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked1349

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.6 leads

Granite 4.1 8b: 30.1 (#297), Grok 4.6: 58.5 (#16)

BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bGrok 4.6
LMArena WebDev11921617
LMArena Coding13121465
DeepSWE—67.5%
FrontierCode—48%
CursorBench—41.4%
FrontierSWE—25.3%
SciCode—56.5%
WeirdML—67.3%
ALE-Bench—1,508

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Granite 4.1 8b: —, Grok 4.6: 39.4 (#27)

BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bGrok 4.6
APEX-Agents—65.3%
GDP.pdf—17.2%
Vending-Bench 2—9,047

Reasoning Grok 4.6 leads

Granite 4.1 8b: 25.7 (#143), Grok 4.6: 61.4 (#20)

BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bGrok 4.6
LMArena Hard Prompts12931447
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 4.1 8b: 36.4 (#166), Grok 4.6: 67.0 (#24)

BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bGrok 4.6
LMArena Math13121423
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 4.1 8b: 36.1 (#174), Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#20)

BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bGrok 4.6
LMArena Expert13091467
GPQA Diamond—94%
SimpleQA Verified—49.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

Granite 4.1 8b: —, Grok 4.6: 43.6 (#23)

BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bGrok 4.6
LMArena Vision—1263
Blueprint-Bench 2—33.2%
Furniture Assembly—40%
LMArena Document—1452

Multilingual Grok 4.6 leads

Granite 4.1 8b: 41.7 (#204), Grok 4.6: 53.0 (#74)

BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bGrok 4.6
LMArena Non-English12611420
LMArena Chinese13371480
LMArena Russian12401422
LMArena French—1461
LMArena German—1431
LMArena Japanese—1376
LMArena Korean—1397
LMArena Spanish—1404

Instruction Following Grok 4.6 leads

Granite 4.1 8b: 66.9 (#203), Grok 4.6: 75.4 (#63)

BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bGrok 4.6
LMArena Instruction Following12691431

Long Context Grok 4.6 leads

Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#193), Grok 4.6: 44.5 (#66)

BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bGrok 4.6
LMArena Longer Query12751454

Writing & Preference Grok 4.6 leads

Granite 4.1 8b: 48.1 (#204), Grok 4.6: 62.3 (#80)

BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bGrok 4.6
LMArena Text12901428
LMArena Creative Writing12511428
LMArena Multi-Turn12681425

Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 4.1 8b better than Grok 4.6?

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Granite 4.1 8b or Grok 4.6 better for coding?

Grok 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.5 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Granite 4.1 8b and Grok 4.6 share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.1 8b has 13 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.6 has 49.

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