Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-4.1 nano vs Granite 4.2 30b

Granite 4.2 30b is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.1 nano OpenAI

27.9

Rank #327 Confirmed

Granite 4.2 30b IBM

41.8

Rank #130 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 nano scores higher in 0 categories and Granite 4.2 30b in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Granite 4.2 30b leads 27.8 to 8.5.
  • Granite 4.2 30b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4.1 nanoGranite 4.2 30b
ProviderOpenAIIBM
Noometry Index27.941.8
Released2025-04-14—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.10—
Output $ / M tokens$0.40—
Results tracked3811

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Category by category

Coding Granite 4.2 30b leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 24.1 (#330), Granite 4.2 30b: 41.0 (#126)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoGranite 4.2 30b
LMArena Coding13061396
Aider Polyglot8.9%—
SciCode25.9%—
WeirdML19%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4.1 nano: 26.5 (#104), Granite 4.2 30b: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoGranite 4.2 30b
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard33%—

Reasoning Granite 4.2 30b leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 8.5 (#349), Granite 4.2 30b: 27.8 (#112)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoGranite 4.2 30b
LMArena Hard Prompts12861374
ARC-AGI-20%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark33.3%—
ARC-AGI-10%—
CritPt0%—
DTBench52.5%—
LMCA5.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index129.62—

Math Not comparable

GPT-4.1 nano: 26.9 (#252), Granite 4.2 30b: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoGranite 4.2 30b
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202528.9%—
Omni-MATH36.7%—
LMArena Math1274—
MATH Level 570%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1%—

Knowledge Granite 4.2 30b leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 21.8 (#273), Granite 4.2 30b: 39.1 (#138)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoGranite 4.2 30b
LMArena Expert12721406
GPQA Diamond48.9%—
SimpleQA Verified6%—
MMLU-Pro55%—
GPQA (HELM)50.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.1 nano: 29.2 (#113), Granite 4.2 30b: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoGranite 4.2 30b
LMArena Vision1063—

Multilingual Granite 4.2 30b leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 41.6 (#205), Granite 4.2 30b: 47.3 (#151)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoGranite 4.2 30b
LMArena Non-English12601340
LMArena Chinese12701414
LMArena Russian12611343
LMArena German1288—
LMArena Japanese1198—

Instruction Following Granite 4.2 30b leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 67.8 (#193), Granite 4.2 30b: 71.2 (#155)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoGranite 4.2 30b
LMArena Instruction Following12671347
IFEval84.3%—

Long Context Granite 4.2 30b leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 23.7 (#296), Granite 4.2 30b: 41.4 (#140)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoGranite 4.2 30b
LMArena Longer Query12831359
Fiction.LiveBench25%—

Writing & Preference Granite 4.2 30b leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 40.5 (#243), Granite 4.2 30b: 53.8 (#156)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoGranite 4.2 30b
LMArena Text12851361
LMArena Creative Writing12601288
LMArena Multi-Turn12771339
EQ-Bench Creative Writing946—
WildBench81.2%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.1 nano better than Granite 4.2 30b?

Granite 4.2 30b is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4.1 nano or Granite 4.2 30b better for coding?

Granite 4.2 30b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.0 versus 24.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.1 nano and Granite 4.2 30b share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.1 nano has 38 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 30b has 11.

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