Model comparison

Granite 4.2 30b vs Llama 3.2 90B

Granite 4.2 30b is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 0 shared benchmarks.

Granite 4.2 30b IBM

41.4

Rank #126 Confirmed

Llama 3.2 90B

Summary

The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 4.2 30b leads 38.5 to 21.7.

Side by side

Granite 4.2 30b and Llama 3.2 90B specifications
	Granite 4.2 30b	Llama 3.2 90B
Provider	IBM	Meta
Noometry Index	41.4	27.1
Released	—	2024-09-24
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	—	—
Max output	—	—
Input $ / M tokens	—	—
Output $ / M tokens	—	—
Results tracked	11	9

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Granite 4.2 30b: 40.4 (#127), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 30b	Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Coding	1394	—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Granite 4.2 30b: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 29.7 (#73)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 30b	Llama 3.2 90B
BALROG	—	27.3%

Reasoning Granite 4.2 30b leads

Granite 4.2 30b: 26.7 (#114), Llama 3.2 90B: 20.9 (#207)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 30b	Llama 3.2 90B
EnigmaEval	—	0.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1375	—
Epoch Capabilities Index	—	125.5

Math Not comparable

Granite 4.2 30b: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 10.4 (#302)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 30b	Llama 3.2 90B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	—	2.6%
MATH Level 5	—	39.4%

Knowledge Granite 4.2 30b leads

Granite 4.2 30b: 38.5 (#134), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#269)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 30b	Llama 3.2 90B
GPQA Diamond	—	41%
LMArena Expert	1405	—
MMLU	—	80.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

Granite 4.2 30b: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 24.9 (#119)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 30b	Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Vision	—	1000
GeoBench	—	52%

Multilingual Not comparable

Granite 4.2 30b: 47.4 (#146), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 30b	Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Non-English	1340	—
LMArena Chinese	1415	—
LMArena Russian	1342	—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Granite 4.2 30b: 71.3 (#150), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 30b	Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Instruction Following	1346	—

Long Context Not comparable

Granite 4.2 30b: 41.4 (#135), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 30b	Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Longer Query	1359	—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Granite 4.2 30b: 54.3 (#147), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 30b	Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Text	1363	—
LMArena Creative Writing	1294	—
LMArena Multi-Turn	1340	—

Frequently asked questions

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