Model comparison

Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 vs Granite 4.2 30b

Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 41.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 OpenAI

43.2

Rank #84 Confirmed

Granite 4.2 30b IBM

41.4

Rank #126 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 scores higher in 7 categories and Granite 4.2 30b in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 leads 62.8 to 54.3.
  • Granite 4.2 30b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 and Granite 4.2 30b specifications
Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326Granite 4.2 30b
ProviderOpenAIIBM
Noometry Index43.241.4
Released——
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2111

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326: 41.0 (#122), Granite 4.2 30b: 40.4 (#127)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkChatgpt 4o Latest 20250326Granite 4.2 30b
LMArena Coding14131394

Reasoning Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 leads

Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326: 32.8 (#64), Granite 4.2 30b: 26.7 (#114)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkChatgpt 4o Latest 20250326Granite 4.2 30b
LMArena Hard Prompts14241375
Kagi LLM Benchmark75%—

Math Not comparable

Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326: 35.8 (#134), Granite 4.2 30b: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkChatgpt 4o Latest 20250326Granite 4.2 30b
LMArena Math1407—

Knowledge Too close to call

Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326: 38.7 (#131), Granite 4.2 30b: 38.5 (#134)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkChatgpt 4o Latest 20250326Granite 4.2 30b
LMArena Expert14001405
Confabulations16.6%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326: 38.9 (#54), Granite 4.2 30b: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkChatgpt 4o Latest 20250326Granite 4.2 30b
LMArena Vision1243—

Multilingual Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 leads

Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326: 53.1 (#72), Granite 4.2 30b: 47.4 (#146)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkChatgpt 4o Latest 20250326Granite 4.2 30b
LMArena Non-English14191340
LMArena Chinese14561415
LMArena Russian14291342
LMArena French1447—
LMArena German1424—
LMArena Japanese1406—
LMArena Korean1397—
LMArena Spanish1435—

Instruction Following Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 leads

Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326: 74.2 (#102), Granite 4.2 30b: 71.3 (#150)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkChatgpt 4o Latest 20250326Granite 4.2 30b
LMArena Instruction Following14031346

Long Context Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 leads

Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326: 43.1 (#104), Granite 4.2 30b: 41.4 (#135)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkChatgpt 4o Latest 20250326Granite 4.2 30b
LMArena Longer Query14131359

Writing & Preference Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 leads

Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326: 62.8 (#68), Granite 4.2 30b: 54.3 (#147)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkChatgpt 4o Latest 20250326Granite 4.2 30b
LMArena Text14291363
LMArena Creative Writing14061294
LMArena Multi-Turn14541340
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1501—

Frequently asked questions

Is Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 better than Granite 4.2 30b?

Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 41.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 or Granite 4.2 30b better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (41.0 vs 40.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 and Granite 4.2 30b share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 has 21 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 30b has 11.

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