Model comparison
Devstral Small 2505 vs Granite 4.2 3b
Granite 4.2 3b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 34.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Granite 4.2 3b leads 26.0 to 19.7.
Side by side
| Devstral Small 2505 | Granite 4.2 3b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 34.3 | 39.4 |
| Released | 2025-05-07 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 128K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Results tracked | 4 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 3b leads
Devstral Small 2505: 38.9 (#166), Granite 4.2 3b: 40.0 (#151)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 56.4% | — |
| SciCode | 28.8% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1361 |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 3b leads
Devstral Small 2505: 19.7 (#252), Granite 4.2 3b: 26.0 (#138)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 37.7% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1306 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Granite 4.2 3b: 36.3 (#171)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1315 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Granite 4.2 3b: 42.1 (#198)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1268 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1269 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1249 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Granite 4.2 3b: 67.1 (#200)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1273 |
Long Context Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Granite 4.2 3b: 39.2 (#185)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1291 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Granite 4.2 3b: 47.2 (#212)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1293 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1205 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1290 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Devstral Small 2505 better than Granite 4.2 3b?
Granite 4.2 3b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 34.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Devstral Small 2505 or Granite 4.2 3b better for coding?
Granite 4.2 3b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.0 versus 38.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Devstral Small 2505 and Granite 4.2 3b share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Devstral Small 2505 has 4 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 3b has 11.