Model comparison
Granite 4.2 3b vs Mixtral 8x22B
Granite 4.2 3b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.0 to 26.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.2 3b scores higher in 7 categories and Mixtral 8x22B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 4.2 3b leads 35.6 to 15.1.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 3b | Mixtral 8x22B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 39.0 | 26.7 |
| Released | — | 2024-04-17 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 64K |
| Max output | — | 64K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6 |
| Results tracked | 11 | 34 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 39.4 (#146), Mixtral 8x22B: 23.8 (#324)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1363 | 1166 |
| WeirdML | — | 3.2% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 40.6% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 50.2% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 72% |
| MBPP+ | — | 64.3% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: —, Mixtral 8x22B: 22.8 (#119)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | — | 7.5% |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 25.0 (#136), Mixtral 8x22B: 19.1 (#246)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1308 | 1150 |
| DTBench | — | 55.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 122 |
| ForecastBench | — | 56.3 |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: —, Mixtral 8x22B: 21.2 (#271)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | — | 16.3% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1184 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 24.2% |
Knowledge Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 35.6 (#169), Mixtral 8x22B: 15.1 (#288)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1313 | 1113 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 34.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 46% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 33.4% |
| MMLU | — | 77.8% |
Multilingual Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 42.4 (#193), Mixtral 8x22B: 32.9 (#250)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1268 | 1128 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1268 | 1116 |
| LMArena Russian | 1249 | 1158 |
| LMArena French | — | 1165 |
| LMArena German | — | 1141 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1037 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1056 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1150 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 67.2 (#195), Mixtral 8x22B: 57.9 (#261)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1271 | 1147 |
| IFEval | — | 72.4% |
Long Context Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 39.3 (#179), Mixtral 8x22B: 34.6 (#242)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1293 | 1144 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 47.9 (#202), Mixtral 8x22B: 37.1 (#257)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1295 | 1162 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1215 | 1141 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1293 | 1130 |
| WildBench | — | 71.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 3b better than Mixtral 8x22B?
Granite 4.2 3b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.0 to 26.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.2 3b or Mixtral 8x22B better for coding?
Granite 4.2 3b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.4 versus 23.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 3b and Mixtral 8x22B share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 3b has 11 scored results on Noometry and Mixtral 8x22B has 34.