Model comparison

Granite 4.2 30b vs Ministral 3B

Granite 4.2 30b is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 25.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Granite 4.2 30b IBM

41.4

Rank #126 Confirmed

Ministral 3B Mistral AI

25.6

Rank #336 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 4.2 30b leads 38.5 to 10.4.

Side by side

Granite 4.2 30b and Ministral 3B specifications
Granite 4.2 30bMinistral 3B
ProviderIBMMistral AI
Noometry Index41.425.6
Released—2024-10-01
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—128K
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.04
Output $ / M tokens—$0.04
Results tracked116

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Granite 4.2 30b: 40.4 (#127), Ministral 3B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.2 30bMinistral 3B
LMArena Coding1394—

Reasoning Granite 4.2 30b leads

Granite 4.2 30b: 26.7 (#114), Ministral 3B: 17.7 (#278)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.2 30bMinistral 3B
LMArena Hard Prompts1375—
DTBench—51.7%
LMCA—5.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—118.08

Math Not comparable

Granite 4.2 30b: —, Ministral 3B: 24.5 (#257)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.2 30bMinistral 3B
MATH Level 5—14.4%

Knowledge Granite 4.2 30b leads

Granite 4.2 30b: 38.5 (#134), Ministral 3B: 10.4 (#297)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.2 30bMinistral 3B
GPQA Diamond—25.3%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—7.3%
LMArena Expert1405—

Multilingual Not comparable

Granite 4.2 30b: 47.4 (#146), Ministral 3B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.2 30bMinistral 3B
LMArena Non-English1340—
LMArena Chinese1415—
LMArena Russian1342—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Granite 4.2 30b: 71.3 (#150), Ministral 3B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.2 30bMinistral 3B
LMArena Instruction Following1346—

Long Context Not comparable

Granite 4.2 30b: 41.4 (#135), Ministral 3B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.2 30bMinistral 3B
LMArena Longer Query1359—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Granite 4.2 30b: 54.3 (#147), Ministral 3B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.2 30bMinistral 3B
LMArena Text1363—
LMArena Creative Writing1294—
LMArena Multi-Turn1340—

Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 4.2 30b better than Ministral 3B?

Granite 4.2 30b is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 25.6 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 30b and Ministral 3B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 30b has 11 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 3B has 6.

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