Granite 4.1 3B
Analysis Summary
Granite 4.1 3B is a small text model with measured results for reasoning, coding, instruction following, long-context work, and tool-oriented tasks. Its compact scale may suit lightweight infrastructure and narrowly scoped automation, although pricing and context capacity are not provided.
Performance is limited across the supplied capability measures, especially long-context reasoning, coding, and agentic interaction. It can be considered for simple classification, routing, extraction, or preprocessing where mistakes are easy to detect and correct. It is not an appropriate primary model for client-facing copy, complex SEO planning, software engineering, or autonomous tool use. Adopt only when low resource requirements are the main constraint and the task has strong guardrails.
Assessed September 7, 2026
Editorial notes
Granite 4.1 3B is a compact measured model for constrained tasks, but very low reasoning, coding, long-context, and agentic results make it unsuitable for demanding client workflows.
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DFO Verdict
Granite 4.1 3B is a compact measured model for constrained tasks, but very low reasoning, coding, long-context, and agentic results make it unsuitable for demanding client workflows.
Benchmark scores
Magenta = intelligence · Ink = technical/agentic · Cyan = content & long-context · Grey = community benchmarks. Data: Artificial Analysis, Hugging Face.
1 Intelligence Index·4.7 Coding Index·0.4 Agentic Index
How Granite 4.1 3B compares
Granite 4.1 3B ranks #355 of 435 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #199 of 208 for coding, #186 of 190 for agentic tasks. Granite 4.1 3B is currently free to use via OpenRouter.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Strongest on business fit. The pulled-in value corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.
Compare shapes side-by-side →Frequently asked questions about Granite 4.1 3B
How much does Granite 4.1 3B cost?
Granite 4.1 3B is currently available for free via OpenRouter.
Is Granite 4.1 3B good for coding?
On our coding benchmark index, Granite 4.1 3B ranks #199 of 208 models, placing it in the broader range of the field for code generation and debugging.
Who created Granite 4.1 3B?
Granite 4.1 3B is developed by IBM and was released on April 29, 2026.