Model comparison
Granite 4.1 8b vs Trinity Large Thinking
Trinity Large Thinking is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 36.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Arcee AISummary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.1 8b scores higher in 1 category and Trinity Large Thinking in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Granite 4.1 8b leads 24.6 to 16.3.
Side by side
| Granite 4.1 8b | Trinity Large Thinking | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Arcee AI |
| Noometry Index | 36.8 | 38.1 |
| Released | — | 2026-04-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 80K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.80 |
| Results tracked | 13 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Trinity Large Thinking leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 29.9 (#291), Trinity Large Thinking: 33.8 (#238)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1190 | 1238 |
| LMArena Coding | 1313 | 1381 |
| SciCode | — | 36.1% |
Reasoning Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 24.6 (#142), Trinity Large Thinking: 16.3 (#298)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1294 | 1350 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 16.5% |
| CritPt | — | 0.9% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 41.6% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 15.6% |
Math Trinity Large Thinking leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 33.8 (#167), Trinity Large Thinking: 34.9 (#149)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1311 | 1366 |
Knowledge Trinity Large Thinking leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 35.5 (#171), Trinity Large Thinking: 40.3 (#107)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1310 | 1359 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 6.9% |
Multilingual Trinity Large Thinking leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 41.8 (#199), Trinity Large Thinking: 46.4 (#155)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1261 | 1325 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1335 | 1372 |
| LMArena Russian | 1238 | 1338 |
| LMArena French | — | 1374 |
| LMArena German | — | 1356 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1312 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1304 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1356 |
Instruction Following Trinity Large Thinking leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 67.0 (#198), Trinity Large Thinking: 70.7 (#157)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1268 | 1334 |
Long Context Trinity Large Thinking leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#188), Trinity Large Thinking: 41.2 (#139)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1275 | 1355 |
Writing & Preference Trinity Large Thinking leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 48.3 (#199), Trinity Large Thinking: 54.0 (#152)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1291 | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1249 | 1321 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1269 | 1342 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.1 8b better than Trinity Large Thinking?
Trinity Large Thinking is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 36.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.1 8b or Trinity Large Thinking better for coding?
Trinity Large Thinking scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.8 versus 29.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.1 8b and Trinity Large Thinking share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.1 8b has 13 scored results on Noometry and Trinity Large Thinking has 24.