Granite-4.0-1B vs Grok Code Fast 1

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

Agentic
Coding
Multimodal & Grounded
Reasoning
Knowledge
Instruction Following
Multilingual
Mathematics

Granite-4.0-1B· Grok Code Fast 1

Quick Verdict

Pick Grok Code Fast 1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Granite-4.0-1B only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Grok Code Fast 1 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 56 to 40. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Grok Code Fast 1's sharpest advantage is in multilingual, where it averages 73.7 against 27.5. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MGSM, 27.5% to 75%.

Grok Code Fast 1 gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for Granite-4.0-1B.

Operational tradeoffs

ProviderIBMxAI
PriceFree*Pricing unavailable
SpeedN/A172 t/s
TTFTN/A2.81s
Context128K256K

Decision framing

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BenchmarkGranite-4.0-1BGrok Code Fast 1
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.059%
BrowseComp57%
OSWorld-Verified51%
Coding
HumanEval73%60%
SWE-bench Verified70.8%
LiveCodeBench80%
SWE-bench Pro42%
Multimodal & Grounded
MMMU-Pro40%
OfficeQA Pro63%
Reasoning
BBH59.7%75%
MuSR59%
LongBench v264%
MRCRv266%
KnowledgeGrok Code Fast 1 wins
MMLU59.7%64%
GPQA29.7%63%
MMLU-Pro32.9%65%
SuperGPQA61%
HLE7%
FrontierScience57%
SimpleQA61%
Instruction FollowingGrok Code Fast 1 wins
IFEval78.5%79%
MultilingualGrok Code Fast 1 wins
MGSM27.5%75%
MMLU-ProX73%
Mathematics
AIME 202364%
AIME 202466%
AIME 202565%
HMMT Feb 202360%
HMMT Feb 202462%
HMMT Feb 202561%
BRUMO 202563%
MATH-50073%
Frequently Asked Questions (4)

Which is better, Granite-4.0-1B or Grok Code Fast 1?

Grok Code Fast 1 is ahead overall, 56 to 40. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MGSM, where the scores are 27.5% and 75%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Granite-4.0-1B or Grok Code Fast 1?

Grok Code Fast 1 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 49 versus 31.7. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Granite-4.0-1B or Grok Code Fast 1?

Grok Code Fast 1 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 79 versus 78.5. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Granite-4.0-1B or Grok Code Fast 1?

Grok Code Fast 1 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.7 versus 27.5. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 31, 2026

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