Model comparison
Granite 4.2 30b vs Nemotron 3 Ultra
Granite 4.2 30b and Nemotron 3 Ultra score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.8 vs 42.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIASummary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.2 30b scores higher in 1 category and Nemotron 3 Ultra in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nemotron 3 Ultra leads 52.5 to 39.1.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 30b | Nemotron 3 Ultra | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 41.8 | 42.5 |
| Released | — | 2026-06-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.20 |
| Results tracked | 11 | 30 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 41.0 (#126), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 38.1 (#182)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1396 | 1468 |
| FrontierCode | — | 13.6% |
| SciCode | — | 40.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 43.5% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.2 30b: —, Nemotron 3 Ultra: 23.4 (#126)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 22.7% |
Reasoning Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 27.8 (#112), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 31.0 (#82)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1374 | 1452 |
| CritPt | — | 3.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 12% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 20% |
| DTBench | — | 90.1% |
| LMCA | — | 36.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 146.17 |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.2 30b: —, Nemotron 3 Ultra: 35.3 (#187)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| ProofBench | — | 2% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1457 |
Knowledge Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 39.1 (#138), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 52.5 (#61)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1406 | 1472 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 85.4% |
Multilingual Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 47.3 (#151), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 53.5 (#64)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1340 | 1427 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1414 | 1497 |
| LMArena Russian | 1343 | 1417 |
| LMArena French | — | 1472 |
| LMArena German | — | 1471 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1386 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1454 |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 71.2 (#155), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 74.7 (#88)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1347 | 1418 |
Long Context Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 41.4 (#140), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 43.9 (#81)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1359 | 1437 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 53.8 (#156), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 66.3 (#36)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1361 | 1445 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1288 | 1398 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | 1411 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1692 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 30b better than Nemotron 3 Ultra?
Granite 4.2 30b and Nemotron 3 Ultra score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.8 vs 42.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Granite 4.2 30b or Nemotron 3 Ultra better for coding?
Granite 4.2 30b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.0 versus 38.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 30b and Nemotron 3 Ultra share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 30b has 11 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Ultra has 30.