# GPT-4.1 vs Granite 4.2 8B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-4.1 and Granite 4.2 8B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-4-1-vs-granite-4-2-8b
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: GPT-4.1 and Granite 4.2 8B share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Granite 4.2 8B has the lower published output-token price.
- GPT-4.1 has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-4.1 | Granite 4.2 8B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | IBM |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 37.61 | 33.4 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 7 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $8.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 15.7 (Estimated · #113/127)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | Granite 4.2 8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gert Labs | 25.65% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 20.6% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 58.1% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 52.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 17.2 (Estimated · #125/150)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | Granite 4.2 8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 54.6% | 47.7% | GPT-4.1 |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 19.1% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 30.8% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 20.6% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 73.2% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 36.1% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 72.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 56.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 54.7 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 35.7 (Supported · #133/184)
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 30.6 (Supported · #154/184)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | Granite 4.2 8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | 90.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 66.3% | 64.1% | GPT-4.1 |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 74.0% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 61.5 (#14/17)
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | Granite 4.2 8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | 72.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 50.3 (#90/146)
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 86.5 (#41/146)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | Granite 4.2 8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 87.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.3% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 public-lane score: 27 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | Granite 4.2 8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 5.965% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 86.7% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 78.3% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between GPT-4.1 and Granite 4.2 8B?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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- [GPT-4.1 vs GPT-4.1 nano](/compare/gpt-4-1-vs-gpt-4-1-nano)
- [Granite 4.2 8B vs GPT-4.1 nano](/compare/gpt-4-1-nano-vs-granite-4-2-8b)

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