What are Granite 3.1 8B's benchmark scores?

As of 24 Oct 2026, Granite 3.1 8B scores 41.8 ±2.1 on the BenchLeader Index, strongest in agents & tools (40) and weakest in human preference (34). That rests on 5 independent benchmark results, and every score on this page links to its publisher.

How does Granite 3.1 8B rank?

Granite 3.1 8B is #618 of 785 ranked configurations on 24 Oct 2026. 280 other configurations score within its margin, so the exact position matters less than the band. The leader is Claude Opus 5.5 (max effort) at 72.6.

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Granite 3.1 8B

Granite 3.1 8B is an IBM proprietary model. Its best configuration ranks #618 of 785 on the BenchLeader Index at 41.8 ±2.1, in the lower half. The ± is the point: 280 other configurations score within that range, so they and this one cannot be told apart on quality alone — price and speed are what separate them. It scores highest in agents & tools (40) and lowest in human preference (34). Last measured 22 Oct 2026.

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How it scores by categoryDashed line = average model (50). One step of 15 = one standard deviation.

Overall index42
Reasoning36
Coding39
Agents & tools40
Maths35
Human preference34

Versions

IBM has shipped 6 models under this name. Each is ranked on its own results; a newer version often has fewer results so far, which holds its index nearer the average until more arrive.

Model	Released	Index	Rank
Granite 4.2 8B	25 Aug 2026	46.1	#496
Granite 4.1 8B	29 Apr 2026	40.6	#653
Granite 3.3 8Bno reasoning	16 Apr 2025	39.2	#695
Granite 3.1 8Bthis page	–	41.8	#618
Granite 3.0 8B	–	–	–
Granite 3.2 8B	–	–	–

How its index has moved

19 Sept 2026 to 21 Oct 2026

The index is recomputed from scratch every day, so a line moves when a new benchmark result lands, when a publisher revises a score, or when the models it is normalised against change. Early movement usually means the score is still settling.

Benchmark results

See all LLM benchmarks. One column per reasoning effort. Rank is among every configuration of every model on that benchmark. Hover a score for the run it came from.

Reasoning

Benchmark	not stated	Source	Trend
Arena Hard Prompts	1231#300	Arena (LMArena)

Coding

Benchmark	not stated	Source	Trend
Arena Coding	1288#283	Arena (LMArena)

Agents & tools

Benchmark	not stated	Source	Trend
BFCL Overall	27.1%#59	Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard

Maths

Benchmark	not stated	Source	Trend
Arena Maths	1190#306	Arena (LMArena)

Instruction following

Benchmark	not stated	Source	Trend
Arena Instruction Followingnot in index	1193#305	Arena (LMArena)

Human preference

Benchmark	not stated	Source
Arena Text	1209#307	Arena (LMArena)
Arena Creative Writingnot in index	1171#308	Arena (LMArena)
Arena Multi-turnnot in index	1157#315	Arena (LMArena)
Arena Longer Queriesnot in index	1233#294	Arena (LMArena)

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What are Granite 3.1 8B's benchmark scores?: As of 24 Oct 2026, Granite 3.1 8B scores 41.8 ±2.1 on the BenchLeader Index, strongest in agents & tools (40) and weakest in human preference (34). That rests on 5 independent benchmark results, and every score on this page links to its publisher.
How does Granite 3.1 8B rank?: Granite 3.1 8B is #618 of 785 ranked configurations on 24 Oct 2026. 280 other configurations score within its margin, so the exact position matters less than the band. The leader is Claude Opus 5.5 (max effort) at 72.6.

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Cite as: BenchLeader, “Granite 3.1 8B: benchmarks, pricing, speed and rank”, data as of 24 Oct 2026, https://www.benchleader.com/models/granite-3-1-8b.