Model comparison
Granite 4.1 8b vs Qwen3.6 35B-A3B
Granite 4.1 8b and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.4 vs 37.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads 51.3 to 36.1.
Side by side
| Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.4 | 37.6 |
| Released | — | 2026-04-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.49 |
| Results tracked | 13 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 30.1 (#297), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 37.2 (#196)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1192 | — |
| SciCode | — | 35.8% |
| WeirdML | — | 34.5% |
| LMArena Coding | 1312 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.1 8b: —, Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 22.1 (#134)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 23% |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 25.7 (#143), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 28.0 (#109)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 41.6% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 26% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1293 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 22% |
| DTBench | — | 73.9% |
| LMCA | — | 29.7% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 44.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 143.93 |
Math Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 36.4 (#166), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 38.9 (#121)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 20.4% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| LMArena Math | 1312 | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 36.1 (#174), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 51.3 (#68)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 84.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1309 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.1 8b: 41.7 (#204), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1261 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1337 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1240 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Granite 4.1 8b: 66.9 (#203), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1269 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#193), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1275 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Granite 4.1 8b: 48.1 (#204), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1290 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1251 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1268 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.1 8b better than Qwen3.6 35B-A3B?
Granite 4.1 8b and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.4 vs 37.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Granite 4.1 8b or Qwen3.6 35B-A3B better for coding?
Qwen3.6 35B-A3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.2 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.1 8b and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.1 8b has 13 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has 14.