Model comparison
Granite 4.2 30b vs Mistral
Granite 4.2 30b is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 29.4 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 Mistral in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 4.2 30b leads 38.5 to 16.3.
- Granite 4.2 30b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 30b | Mistral | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 41.4 | 29.4 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 11 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 40.4 (#127), Mistral: 33.2 (#249)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1394 | 1162 |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 26.7 (#114), Mistral: 21.3 (#199)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1375 | 1149 |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.2 30b: —, Mistral: 20.5 (#275)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | — | 7.2% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1180 |
Knowledge Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 38.5 (#134), Mistral: 16.3 (#283)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1405 | 1125 |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 27.7% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.3% |
Multilingual Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 47.4 (#146), Mistral: 33.0 (#249)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1340 | 1129 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1415 | 1109 |
| LMArena Russian | 1342 | 1168 |
| LMArena French | — | 1179 |
| LMArena German | — | 1155 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1012 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1032 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1143 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 71.3 (#150), Mistral: 52.9 (#283)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1346 | 1152 |
| IFEval | — | 56.8% |
Long Context Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 41.4 (#135), Mistral: 35.0 (#240)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1359 | 1154 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 54.3 (#147), Mistral: 37.2 (#255)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1363 | 1165 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1294 | 1158 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1340 | 1147 |
| WildBench | — | 66% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 30b better than Mistral?
Granite 4.2 30b is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.2 30b or Mistral better for coding?
Granite 4.2 30b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 33.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 30b and Mistral share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 30b has 11 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.