Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026noindex (thin pair)
In this head-to-head showdown, IBM: Granite 4.1 8B is more budget-friendly at $0.1/1M per 1M output tokens. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.
3 direct benchmark disciplines evaluated across capability, speed, and cost
Mistral code-specialist model.
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Currently comparing Codestral 25.01 vs IBM: Granite 4.1 8B. Alternative family tiers available.
Single model data
No latency data
$0.09999999999999999 / 1M output
Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.
Comparing top Western standard models with China's leading frontier rival across 6 skill dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.
Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.
Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy
Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness
Cost per million tokens and max context window length
| Benchmark | Codestral 25.01 | IBM: Granite 4.1 8B | Advantage Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preference Elo | — | — | |
| Coding Elo | — | — | |
| LiveBench | — | — | |
| SWE-bench | — | — | |
| GPQA Diamond | — | — | |
| Time to first token | — | — | |
| Output speed | 148 tok/s | — | — |
| Input price | $0.3/1M | $0.05/1M | +$0.25/1M |
| Output price | $0.9/1M | $0.1/1M | +$0.8/1M |
| Context window | +125k |
Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).
IBM: Granite 4.1 8B is estimated to save $20.75/month ($249/year).
Need SWE-bench on both sides.
Lower output list price ($0.1/1M).
Need TTFT on both sides.
Larger window (256k).
IBM: Granite 4.1 8B is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.
| Target Workload | Recommended Pick | Evaluation Rationale |
|---|---|---|
| Repo / coding agents | insufficient data | Need SWE-bench on both sides. |
| High-volume chat | IBM: Granite 4.1 8B | Lower output list price ($0.1/1M). |
| Voice / low-latency UI | insufficient data | Need TTFT on both sides. |
| Long-document RAG | Codestral 25.01 | Larger window (256k). |
| Screenshots / vision | IBM: Granite 4.1 8B | IBM: Granite 4.1 8B is the side marked multimodal in the catalog. |
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