GPT-5.1-Codex-Max vs Granite-4.0-350M

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

Agentic
Coding
Multimodal & Grounded
Reasoning
Knowledge
Instruction Following
Multilingual
Mathematics

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max· Granite-4.0-350M

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.1-Codex-Max if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Granite-4.0-350M only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 81 to 27. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max's sharpest advantage is in multilingual, where it averages 87.7 against 16.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MGSM, 89% to 16.2%.

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max is also the more expensive model on tokens at $2.00 input / $8.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Granite-4.0-350M. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. GPT-5.1-Codex-Max is the reasoning model in the pair, while Granite-4.0-350M is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. GPT-5.1-Codex-Max gives you the larger context window at 400K, compared with 32K for Granite-4.0-350M.

Operational tradeoffs

ProviderOpenAIIBM
Price$2.00 / $8.00Free*
SpeedN/AN/A
TTFTN/AN/A
Context400K32K

Decision framing

BenchLM keeps the benchmark table and the operator tradeoffs on the same page so a better score does not hide a materially slower, pricier, or smaller-context model.

Runtime metrics show N/A when BenchLM does not have a sourced snapshot for that exact model. The scoring rules and freshness policy are documented on the methodology page.

BenchmarkGPT-5.1-Codex-MaxGranite-4.0-350M
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.090%
BrowseComp85%
OSWorld-Verified82%
Coding
HumanEval94%38%
SWE-bench Verified77.9%
LiveCodeBench67%
SWE-bench Pro84%
Multimodal & Grounded
MMMU-Pro85%
OfficeQA Pro92%
Reasoning
MuSR92%
BBH92%33.3%
LongBench v290%
MRCRv293%
KnowledgeGPT-5.1-Codex-Max wins
MMLU98%36.2%
GPQA96%26.1%
SuperGPQA94%
MMLU-Pro82%14.4%
HLE27%
FrontierScience84%
SimpleQA94%
Instruction FollowingGPT-5.1-Codex-Max wins
IFEval91%61.6%
MultilingualGPT-5.1-Codex-Max wins
MGSM89%16.2%
MMLU-ProX87%
Mathematics
AIME 202399%
AIME 202499%
AIME 202598%
HMMT Feb 202395%
HMMT Feb 202497%
HMMT Feb 202596%
BRUMO 202596%
MATH-50093%
Frequently Asked Questions (4)

Which is better, GPT-5.1-Codex-Max or Granite-4.0-350M?

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max is ahead overall, 81 to 27. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MGSM, where the scores are 89% and 16.2%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.1-Codex-Max or Granite-4.0-350M?

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 74.4 versus 18.5. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5.1-Codex-Max or Granite-4.0-350M?

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 91 versus 61.6. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.1-Codex-Max or Granite-4.0-350M?

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 87.7 versus 16.2. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 31, 2026

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