Model comparison

Granite 4.2 30b vs Mistral Nemo

Granite 4.2 30b is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 11, 2026. 0 shared benchmarks.

Granite 4.2 30b IBM

41.8

Rank #130 Confirmed

Mistral Nemo

Mistral AI

26.4

Rank #337 Confirmed

Summary

The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 4.2 30b leads 39.1 to 12.3.

Side by side

Granite 4.2 30b and Mistral Nemo specifications
	Granite 4.2 30b	Mistral Nemo
Provider	IBM	Mistral AI
Noometry Index	41.8	26.4
Released	—	2024-07-01
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	—	128K
Max output	—	128K
Input $ / M tokens	—	$0.15
Output $ / M tokens	—	$0.15
Results tracked	11	10

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Granite 4.2 30b: 41.0 (#126), Mistral Nemo: —

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 30b	Mistral Nemo
LMArena Coding	1396	—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Granite 4.2 30b: —, Mistral Nemo: 23.5 (#125)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 30b	Mistral Nemo
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	—	27.6%
BALROG	—	17.6%

Reasoning Granite 4.2 30b leads

Granite 4.2 30b: 27.8 (#112), Mistral Nemo: 20.7 (#232)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 30b	Mistral Nemo
LMArena Hard Prompts	1374	—
DTBench	—	48.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index	—	118.68
PIQA	—	83.5%

Math Not comparable

Granite 4.2 30b: —, Mistral Nemo: 25.5 (#268)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 30b	Mistral Nemo
MATH Level 5	—	10.8%
GSM8K	—	84.2%

Knowledge Granite 4.2 30b leads

Granite 4.2 30b: 39.1 (#138), Mistral Nemo: 12.3 (#298)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 30b	Mistral Nemo
GPQA Diamond	—	29.9%
LMArena Expert	1406	—
BoolQ	—	82.5%

Multilingual Not comparable

Granite 4.2 30b: 47.3 (#151), Mistral Nemo: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 30b	Mistral Nemo
LMArena Non-English	1340	—
LMArena Chinese	1414	—
LMArena Russian	1343	—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Granite 4.2 30b: 71.2 (#155), Mistral Nemo: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 30b	Mistral Nemo
LMArena Instruction Following	1347	—

Long Context Not comparable

Granite 4.2 30b: 41.4 (#140), Mistral Nemo: —

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 30b	Mistral Nemo
LMArena Longer Query	1359	—

Writing & Preference Granite 4.2 30b leads

Granite 4.2 30b: 53.8 (#156), Mistral Nemo: 28.5 (#296)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 30b	Mistral Nemo
LMArena Text	1361	—
LMArena Creative Writing	1288	—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	—	881
LMArena Multi-Turn	1339	—

Frequently asked questions

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