What are Granite 4.1 8B's benchmark scores?

As of 24 Oct 2026, Granite 4.1 8B scores 40.6 ±4.6 on the BenchLeader Index, strongest in maths (49) and weakest in long context (30). That rests on 11 independent benchmark results, and every score on this page links to its publisher.

How does Granite 4.1 8B rank?

Granite 4.1 8B is #653 of 785 ranked configurations on 24 Oct 2026. 275 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.

When was Granite 4.1 8B released?

IBM released Granite 4.1 8B on 29 Apr 2026.

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Granite 4.1 8B

Granite 4.1 8B is an IBM open-weights model, released 29 Apr 2026. Its best configuration ranks #653 of 785 on the BenchLeader Index at 40.6 ±4.6, in the lower half. The ± is the point: 275 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 maths (49) and lowest in long context (30). Last measured 22 Oct 2026.

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Released: 29 Apr 2026

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

Overall index41
Reasoning43
Coding31
Agents & tools34
Maths49
Knowledge33
Instruction following42
Human preference46
Long context30
Composite37

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 8Bthis page	29 Apr 2026	40.6	#653
Granite 3.3 8Bno reasoning	16 Apr 2025	39.2	#695
Granite 3.1 8B	–	41.8	#618
Granite 3.0 8B	–	–	–
Granite 3.2 8B	–	–	–

How its index has moved

9 Sept 2026 to 23 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
Arena Hard Prompts	1320#243	Arena (LMArena)
GPQA Diamond (AA)not in index	43.3%#458	Artificial Analysis
Humanity's Last Exam (AA)not in index	3.8%#564	Artificial Analysis
CritPt	0.0%#315	Artificial Analysis

Coding

Benchmark	not stated	Source
Arena Coding	1353#241	Arena (LMArena)
Arena WebDev	1192#134	Arena (LMArena)
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (AA)not in index	3.4%#217	Artificial Analysis

Agents & tools

Benchmark	not stated	Source	Trend
Terminal-Bench Hard	0.0%#362	Artificial Analysis
τ²-Bench Telecom (AA)not in index	27.8%#272	Artificial Analysis

Maths

Benchmark	not stated	Source	Trend
Arena Maths	1319#213	Arena (LMArena)

Knowledge

Benchmark	not stated	Source
AA-Omniscience	-64.1#493	Artificial Analysis
AA-Omniscience: accuracynot in index	12.3%#472	Artificial Analysis
AA-Omniscience: non-hallucinationnot in index	12.9%#368	Artificial Analysis

Instruction following

Benchmark	not stated	Source	Trend
IFBench	38.6%#279	Artificial Analysis
Arena Instruction Followingnot in index	1287#249	Arena (LMArena)

Human preference

Benchmark	not stated	Source
Arena Text	1304#252	Arena (LMArena)
Arena Creative Writingnot in index	1262#255	Arena (LMArena)
Arena Multi-turnnot in index	1280#255	Arena (LMArena)
Arena Longer Queriesnot in index	1292#261	Arena (LMArena)

Long context

Benchmark	not stated	Source	Trend
AA-LCR	13.3%#458	Artificial Analysis

Composite

Benchmark	not stated	Source	Trend
AA Intelligence Index v4.3.2	6.6#521	Artificial Analysis

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What are Granite 4.1 8B's benchmark scores?: As of 24 Oct 2026, Granite 4.1 8B scores 40.6 ±4.6 on the BenchLeader Index, strongest in maths (49) and weakest in long context (30). That rests on 11 independent benchmark results, and every score on this page links to its publisher.
How does Granite 4.1 8B rank?: Granite 4.1 8B is #653 of 785 ranked configurations on 24 Oct 2026. 275 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.
When was Granite 4.1 8B released?: IBM released Granite 4.1 8B on 29 Apr 2026.

Data as of 24 Oct 2026. Compare with another model.

Cite as: BenchLeader, “Granite 4.1 8B: benchmarks, pricing, speed and rank”, data as of 24 Oct 2026, https://www.benchleader.com/models/granite-4-1-8b.