IBM: Granite 4.1 8B wins on more metrics (5 of 7), but the right pick depends on what you optimize for — see the breakdown below.
| Metric | Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 | IBM: Granite 4.1 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence Index | 12.7✓ | 12.4 |
| Coding Index | 5.1 | 7.3✓ |
| GPQA Diamond | 43% | 43% |
| Design Arena Elo | — | — |
| Speed (tokens/sec) | 76 | 114✓ |
| Latency | 482ms | 158ms✓ |
| Input price /M | $0.060 | $0.050✓ |
| Output price /M | $0.240 | $0.100✓ |
| Context window | 300K✓ | 131K |
| Capabilities | ToolsVision | ToolsJSON |