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granite guardian 4.1 8b vs Mistral Small 4

Live dataset updated 9/15/2026, 9:19:37 PM UTC

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Factual comparison of granite guardian 4.1 8b and Mistral Small 4
Field	granite guardian 4.1 8b IBM Granite	Mistral Small 4 Mistral AI
ModelCap position	#177	#117
Index score	20.9	40.7
Evidence	Inheritedfinetune of ibm-granite/granite-4.1-8b · finetune (100%)	Measured1 public benchmark observation across 1 board
Input / 1M	Unavailable	$0.15
Output / 1M	Unavailable	$0.60
Pricing status	unavailable	fresh
Context	—	262K
Providers	0	2
Weight access	Open weights	Open weights

Decision facts

granite guardian 4.1 8b is #177; Mistral Small 4 is #117 on the same current language board.
Index scores are 20.9 for granite guardian 4.1 8b and 40.7 for Mistral Small 4. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.
Evidence differs: granite guardian 4.1 8b is Inherited; Mistral Small 4 is Measured.
ModelCap currently lists 0 providers for granite guardian 4.1 8b and 2 for Mistral Small 4.

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