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IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview vs Kimi K3.1 Pro

Kimi K3.1 Pro leads the LLM Stats Score 55.5 to -6.1.

IBM · Moonshot AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Kimi K3.1 Pro leads the overall LLM Stats Score 55.5 to -6.1, ranking #5 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

Choose Kimi K3.1 Pro

  • overall performance matters — it scores 55.5 and ranks #5 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview
IBM
Kimi K3.1 Pro
Moonshot AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
-6.1
#395
55.5
#5
Reasoning
-6.1
#387
54.3
#6
Coding
2.8
#254
42.7
#9
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
— / M
$2.00 / M
Output price
— / M
$10.00 / M
Context window
—
1,048,576

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview
Kimi K3.1 Pro
Math
-5.9#339
38.6#26
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

12 reported for IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview · 30 for Kimi K3.1 Pro

No common benchmarks found

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview and Kimi K3.1 Prodon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Kimi K3.1 Pro specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only Kimi K3.1 Pro specifies output context (1,048,576 tokens).

IBM
IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Moonshot AI
Kimi K3.1 Pro
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output1,048,576 tokens
Sat Oct 31 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Kimi K3.1 Pro supports multimodal inputs, whereas IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview does not.

Kimi K3.1 Pro can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Kimi K3.1 Pro

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview was released on 2025-05-02, while Kimi K3.1 Pro was released on 2026-10-23.

Kimi K3.1 Pro is 18 months newer than IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview.

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview

May 2, 2025

1.5 years ago

Kimi K3.1 Pro

Oct 23, 2026

6 days ago

1.5yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview and Kimi K3.1 Pro side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview
✓ Preferred
Kimi K3.1 Pro
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FAQ

Common questions about IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview vs Kimi K3.1 Pro.

Which is better, IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview or Kimi K3.1 Pro?

Kimi K3.1 Pro leads the LLM Stats Score 55.5 to -6.1. IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview is made by IBM and Kimi K3.1 Pro is made by Moonshot AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview compare to Kimi K3.1 Pro in benchmarks?

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview scores AttaQ: 86.1%, HumanEval: 82.4%, HumanEval+: 78.3%, GSM8k: 70.1%, IFEval: 63.0%. Kimi K3.1 Pro scores BabyVision: 95.4%, GPQA: 94.2%, BenchCAD (with Python tool): 92.7%, BrowseComp: 92.1%, Chartography: 90.2%.

What are the context window sizes for IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview and Kimi K3.1 Pro?

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview supports an unknown number of tokens and Kimi K3.1 Pro supports 1.0M tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview and Kimi K3.1 Pro?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (-6.1 vs 55.5), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (Apache 2.0 vs Unknown). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview and Kimi K3.1 Pro?

IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview is developed by IBM and Kimi K3.1 Pro is developed by Moonshot AI.

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