Model comparison
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 vs Granite 4.2 30b
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 and Granite 4.2 30b score almost the same on the Noometry Index (42.3 vs 41.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 scores higher in 7 categories and Granite 4.2 30b in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads 59.7 to 54.3.
- Granite 4.2 30b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Granite 4.2 30b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 42.3 | 41.4 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 12 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 41.5 (#112), Granite 4.2 30b: 40.4 (#127)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1430 | 1394 |
Reasoning Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 28.1 (#93), Granite 4.2 30b: 26.7 (#114)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1427 | 1375 |
Math Not comparable
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 36.1 (#130), Granite 4.2 30b: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1418 | — |
Knowledge Too close to call
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 38.6 (#133), Granite 4.2 30b: 38.5 (#134)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1409 | 1405 |
Multilingual Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 51.7 (#103), Granite 4.2 30b: 47.4 (#146)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1399 | 1340 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1440 | 1415 |
| LMArena Russian | 1397 | 1342 |
Instruction Following Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 73.4 (#117), Granite 4.2 30b: 71.3 (#150)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1387 | 1346 |
Long Context Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 42.4 (#120), Granite 4.2 30b: 41.4 (#135)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1391 | 1359 |
Writing & Preference Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 59.7 (#104), Granite 4.2 30b: 54.3 (#147)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1420 | 1363 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1351 | 1294 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1409 | 1340 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 better than Granite 4.2 30b?
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 and Granite 4.2 30b score almost the same on the Noometry Index (42.3 vs 41.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 or Granite 4.2 30b better for coding?
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.5 versus 40.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 and Granite 4.2 30b share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 has 12 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 30b has 11.