Model comparison
Granite 4.1 8b vs Yi-Lightning
Granite 4.1 8b and Yi-Lightning score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.4 vs 37.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.1 8b scores higher in 3 categories and Yi-Lightning in 5 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- Granite 4.1 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 4.1 8b | Yi-Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 37.4 | 37.1 |
| Released | — | 2024-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 13 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 30.1 (#297), Yi-Lightning: 27.4 (#320)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1312 | 1312 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 12.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1192 | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Granite 4.1 8b: 25.7 (#143), Yi-Lightning: 25.9 (#139)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1293 | 1302 |
Math Too close to call
Granite 4.1 8b: 36.4 (#166), Yi-Lightning: 36.2 (#172)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1312 | 1300 |
Knowledge Too close to call
Granite 4.1 8b: 36.1 (#174), Yi-Lightning: 35.4 (#185)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1309 | 1286 |
Multilingual Too close to call
Granite 4.1 8b: 41.7 (#204), Yi-Lightning: 42.2 (#196)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1261 | 1269 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1337 | 1320 |
| LMArena Russian | 1240 | 1255 |
| LMArena French | — | 1305 |
| LMArena German | — | 1267 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1228 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1192 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1315 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Granite 4.1 8b: 66.9 (#203), Yi-Lightning: 67.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1269 | 1278 |
Long Context Too close to call
Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#193), Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#181)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1275 | 1297 |
Writing & Preference Yi-Lightning leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 48.1 (#204), Yi-Lightning: 50.2 (#184)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1290 | 1302 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1251 | 1280 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1268 | 1311 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.1 8b better than Yi-Lightning?
Granite 4.1 8b and Yi-Lightning score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.4 vs 37.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Granite 4.1 8b or Yi-Lightning better for coding?
Granite 4.1 8b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 30.1 versus 27.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.1 8b and Yi-Lightning share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.1 8b has 13 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.