Model comparison
Granite 4.2 30b vs MiMo-V2-Flash
Granite 4.2 30b and MiMo-V2-Flash score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.8 vs 41.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.2 30b scores higher in 2 categories and MiMo-V2-Flash in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiMo-V2-Flash leads 59.7 to 53.8.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 30b | MiMo-V2-Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Xiaomi |
| Noometry Index | 41.8 | 41.3 |
| Released | — | 2025-12-16 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.14 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.28 |
| Results tracked | 11 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 41.0 (#126), MiMo-V2-Flash: 36.1 (#211)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | MiMo-V2-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1396 | 1443 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1330 |
| SciCode | — | 25.9% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 737.95 |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 27.8 (#112), MiMo-V2-Flash: 24.9 (#157)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | MiMo-V2-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1374 | 1420 |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.2 30b: —, MiMo-V2-Flash: 38.3 (#139)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | MiMo-V2-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1396 |
Knowledge Too close to call
Granite 4.2 30b: 39.1 (#138), MiMo-V2-Flash: 39.7 (#131)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | MiMo-V2-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1406 | 1425 |
Multilingual MiMo-V2-Flash leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 47.3 (#151), MiMo-V2-Flash: 51.0 (#113)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | MiMo-V2-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1340 | 1392 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1414 | 1462 |
| LMArena Russian | 1343 | 1387 |
| LMArena French | — | 1429 |
| LMArena German | — | 1395 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1325 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1358 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1420 |
Instruction Following MiMo-V2-Flash leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 71.2 (#155), MiMo-V2-Flash: 73.5 (#120)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | MiMo-V2-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1347 | 1392 |
Long Context MiMo-V2-Flash leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 41.4 (#140), MiMo-V2-Flash: 43.0 (#110)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | MiMo-V2-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1359 | 1409 |
Writing & Preference MiMo-V2-Flash leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 53.8 (#156), MiMo-V2-Flash: 59.7 (#106)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | MiMo-V2-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1361 | 1411 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1288 | 1375 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | 1404 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 30b better than MiMo-V2-Flash?
Granite 4.2 30b and MiMo-V2-Flash score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.8 vs 41.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Granite 4.2 30b or MiMo-V2-Flash better for coding?
Granite 4.2 30b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.0 versus 36.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 30b and MiMo-V2-Flash share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 30b has 11 scored results on Noometry and MiMo-V2-Flash has 21.