Granite 4.1 8B vs Qwen3 30B A3B (Non-reasoning)

IBM · Alibaba · catalog 2026-09-14

Granite 4.1 8B beats Qwen3 30B A3B (Non-reasoning): cheaper ($0.055 vs $0.26/M) and at least as smart (index 6.6 vs 6.6).
Granite 4.1 8BQwen3 30B A3B (Non-reasoning)
Speed (tok/s)115.2 measured108.5 measured
Blended $/M$0.055 derived$0.26 derived
Intelligence index6.6 measured6.6 measured
TTFT (ms)79 measured226 measured
Context——
Coding indexnot measured for both
Agentic indexnot measured for both

Granite 4.1 8B card · Qwen3 30B A3B (Non-reasoning) card · 3D observatory

Verdicts use price×intelligence dominance only, and only where both sides are measured; null cells stay null with their provenance (em-dash = not in catalog). Percentile-free by design — this page compares two models, not the field. Generated page — do not hand-edit.