Model comparison
Granite 4.0 Micro vs Granite 4.2 30b
Granite 4.2 30b is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 4.2 30b leads 39.1 to 9.9.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 Micro | Granite 4.2 30b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 41.8 |
| Released | 2025-10-02 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 118K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.017 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.11 | — |
| Results tracked | 8 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Granite 4.2 30b: 41.0 (#126)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1396 |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265), Granite 4.2 30b: 27.8 (#112)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1374 |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307), Granite 4.2 30b: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 20.9% | — |
Knowledge Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304), Granite 4.2 30b: 39.1 (#138)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 28.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 39.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1406 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Granite 4.2 30b: 47.3 (#151)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1340 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1414 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1343 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169), Granite 4.2 30b: 71.2 (#155)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 84.9% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1347 |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Granite 4.2 30b: 41.4 (#140)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1359 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216), Granite 4.2 30b: 53.8 (#156)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1361 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1288 |
| WildBench | 67% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1339 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 Micro better than Granite 4.2 30b?
Granite 4.2 30b is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 Micro and Granite 4.2 30b share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 Micro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 30b has 11.