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Granite 3.1 8B Instruct
Granite 3.1 8B Instruct is an open-weight model from IBM. It ranks #345 of 351 on the LMArena text leaderboard with a rating of 1150.
LMArena text1150+0 in 30 days
Rank#345/351
95% interval1139–1160
Votes3.1K
- Developer
- IBM
- Released
- Jan 15, 2025
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- Price in / out, per 1M tokens
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- Weights
- Open · Apache 2.0
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LatestGranite 3.1 8B Instruct 1150
The rating LMArena published at each update since Jan 15, 2025. Ratings move as votes come in and new models join.
LMArena, by category
| Leaderboard | Rating | Rank | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| TextLMArena | 1150 | 345 / 351 | 3.1K |
| CodingLMArena | 1186 | 325 / 346 | 478 |
| MathLMArena | 1152 | 335 / 339 | 382 |
| Creative writingLMArena | 1129 | 343 / 349 | 450 |
| Instruction followingLMArena | 1131 | 340 / 351 | 1.3K |
| Hard promptsLMArena | 1145 | 340 / 351 | 798 |
| Multi-turnLMArena | 1108 | 354 / 349 | 551 |
| Long queriesLMArena | 1162 | 332 / 330 | 461 |
| ExpertLMArena | 1142 | 318 / 305 | 237 |
| Legal and governmentIndustries | 1171 | 326 / 325 | 215 |
| Business and financeIndustries | 1142 | 330 / 344 | 316 |
| ChineseLanguages | 1145 | 329 / 328 | 211 |
LMArena, CC BY 4.0, as of Oct 22, 2026. Where a model is rated at several effort levels, its best is shown.
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IBM
IBM’s Granite models are open, licensed for business and built for enterprise use. Founded 1911, based in Armonk. ibm.com/granite
Questions
Who makes Granite 3.1 8B Instruct?
Granite 3.1 8B Instruct is made by IBM, founded 1911 and based in Armonk.
How does Granite 3.1 8B Instruct rank?
#345 of 351 on LMArena’s text leaderboard, rated 1150 (95% interval 1139–1160) from 3,090 votes, as of Oct 22, 2026.
Is Granite 3.1 8B Instruct open source?
Granite 3.1 8B Instruct has open weights under the Apache 2.0 license.