Model comparison
Granite 4.2 30b vs Ministral 8B
Granite 4.2 30b is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 28.2 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 Ministral 8B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 4.2 30b leads 39.1 to 12.6.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 30b | Ministral 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 41.8 | 28.2 |
| Released | — | 2024-10-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 11 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 41.0 (#126), Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1396 | 1202 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.2 30b: —, Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 11.1% |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 27.8 (#112), Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1374 | 1191 |
| DTBench | — | 45.7% |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.2 30b: —, Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1188 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 14.9% |
Knowledge Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 39.1 (#138), Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1406 | 1170 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 27.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.4% |
Multilingual Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 47.3 (#151), Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1340 | 1165 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1414 | 1193 |
| LMArena Russian | 1343 | 1195 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 71.2 (#155), Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1347 | 1161 |
Long Context Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 41.4 (#140), Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1359 | 1212 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 53.8 (#156), Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1361 | 1191 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1288 | 1175 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | 1166 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 30b better than Ministral 8B?
Granite 4.2 30b is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.2 30b or Ministral 8B better for coding?
Granite 4.2 30b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.0 versus 35.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 30b and Ministral 8B share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 30b has 11 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 8B has 17.