Model comparison
Granite 4.2 30b vs Magistral Medium
Granite 4.2 30b is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.2 30b scores higher in 7 categories and Magistral Medium in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Granite 4.2 30b leads 27.8 to 8.6.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 30b | Magistral Medium | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 41.8 | 35.2 |
| Released | — | 2025-03-17 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $5 |
| Results tracked | 11 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 41.0 (#126), Magistral Medium: 39.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1396 | 1319 |
| SciCode | — | 39.2% |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 27.8 (#112), Magistral Medium: 8.6 (#348)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1374 | 1267 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 16.2% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 6.1% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.2 30b: —, Magistral Medium: 35.1 (#189)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1250 |
Knowledge Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 39.1 (#138), Magistral Medium: 33.5 (#202)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1406 | 1223 |
Multilingual Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 47.3 (#151), Magistral Medium: 39.6 (#224)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1340 | 1232 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1414 | 1227 |
| LMArena Russian | 1343 | 1224 |
| LMArena French | — | 1267 |
| LMArena German | — | 1248 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1175 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1125 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1271 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 71.2 (#155), Magistral Medium: 66.0 (#211)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1347 | 1254 |
Long Context Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 41.4 (#140), Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#183)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1359 | 1295 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 53.8 (#156), Magistral Medium: 46.3 (#219)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1361 | 1255 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1288 | 1245 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | 1275 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 30b better than Magistral Medium?
Granite 4.2 30b is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.2 30b or Magistral Medium better for coding?
Granite 4.2 30b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.0 versus 39.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 30b and Magistral Medium share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 30b has 11 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Medium has 22.