Model comparison

Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 vs Granite 4.2 8B

Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 40.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 OpenAI

43.8

Rank #82 Confirmed

Granite 4.2 8B IBM

40.5

Rank #148 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 scores higher in 7 categories and Granite 4.2 8B in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 leads 62.6 to 49.6.
  • Granite 4.2 8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 and Granite 4.2 8B specifications
Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326Granite 4.2 8B
ProviderOpenAIIBM
Noometry Index43.840.5
Released——
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—118K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.06
Output $ / M tokens—$0.25
Results tracked2111

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Category by category

Coding Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 leads

Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326: 41.6 (#122), Granite 4.2 8B: 40.5 (#137)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkChatgpt 4o Latest 20250326Granite 4.2 8B
LMArena Coding14131380

Reasoning Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 leads

Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326: 33.8 (#71), Granite 4.2 8B: 26.6 (#131)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkChatgpt 4o Latest 20250326Granite 4.2 8B
LMArena Hard Prompts14241329
Kagi LLM Benchmark75%—

Math Not comparable

Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326: 38.6 (#134), Granite 4.2 8B: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkChatgpt 4o Latest 20250326Granite 4.2 8B
LMArena Math1407—

Knowledge Too close to call

Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326: 39.2 (#137), Granite 4.2 8B: 38.4 (#145)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkChatgpt 4o Latest 20250326Granite 4.2 8B
LMArena Expert14011384
Confabulations16.6%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326: 39.6 (#58), Granite 4.2 8B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkChatgpt 4o Latest 20250326Granite 4.2 8B
LMArena Vision1243—

Multilingual Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 leads

Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326: 52.9 (#76), Granite 4.2 8B: 44.5 (#178)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkChatgpt 4o Latest 20250326Granite 4.2 8B
LMArena Non-English14191302
LMArena Chinese14571366
LMArena Russian14291285
LMArena French1446—
LMArena German1423—
LMArena Japanese1405—
LMArena Korean1396—
LMArena Spanish1434—

Instruction Following Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 leads

Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326: 74.0 (#107), Granite 4.2 8B: 68.7 (#184)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkChatgpt 4o Latest 20250326Granite 4.2 8B
LMArena Instruction Following14031301

Long Context Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 leads

Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326: 43.1 (#107), Granite 4.2 8B: 40.3 (#159)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkChatgpt 4o Latest 20250326Granite 4.2 8B
LMArena Longer Query14131324

Writing & Preference Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 leads

Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326: 62.6 (#72), Granite 4.2 8B: 49.6 (#189)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkChatgpt 4o Latest 20250326Granite 4.2 8B
LMArena Text14291320
LMArena Creative Writing14051236
LMArena Multi-Turn14541301
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1501—

Frequently asked questions

Is Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 better than Granite 4.2 8B?

Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 40.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 or Granite 4.2 8B better for coding?

Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.6 versus 40.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 and Granite 4.2 8B share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Chatgpt 4o Latest 20250326 has 21 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 8B has 11.

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