Model comparison
Granite 4.2 30b vs Mistral Large 3
Granite 4.2 30b is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 39.1 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 3 categories and Mistral Large 3 in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Granite 4.2 30b leads 27.8 to 15.2.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 30b | Mistral Large 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 41.8 | 39.1 |
| Released | — | 2025-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.75 |
| Results tracked | 11 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 41.0 (#126), Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1396 | 1448 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1230 |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 27.8 (#112), Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1374 | 1429 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 50.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 7.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 23% |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.2 30b: —, Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1414 |
Knowledge Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 39.1 (#138), Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1406 | 1421 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 14.5% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Granite 4.2 30b: —, Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1221 |
Multilingual Mistral Large 3 leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 47.3 (#151), Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1340 | 1413 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1414 | 1447 |
| LMArena Russian | 1343 | 1411 |
| LMArena French | — | 1455 |
| LMArena German | — | 1437 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1394 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1384 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1440 |
Instruction Following Mistral Large 3 leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 71.2 (#155), Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1347 | 1403 |
Long Context Mistral Large 3 leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 41.4 (#140), Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1359 | 1413 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Large 3 leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 53.8 (#156), Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1361 | 1428 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1288 | 1386 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | 1429 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1412 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 30b better than Mistral Large 3?
Granite 4.2 30b is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.2 30b or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?
Granite 4.2 30b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.0 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 30b and Mistral Large 3 share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 30b has 11 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.