Model comparison
Granite 4.2 30b vs Nova Premier 1.0
Granite 4.2 30b is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Granite 4.2 30b leads 26.7 to 22.3.
- Granite 4.2 30b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 30b | Nova Premier 1.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 41.4 | 37.7 |
| Released | — | 2025-04-30 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 10K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $12.50 |
| Results tracked | 11 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.2 30b: 40.4 (#127), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1394 | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 26.7 (#114), Nova Premier 1.0: 22.3 (#182)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 44.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1375 | — |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.2 30b: —, Nova Premier 1.0: 31.5 (#194)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | — | 35% |
Knowledge Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 38.5 (#134), Nova Premier 1.0: 35.4 (#176)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | — | 72.6% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 51.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1405 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.2 30b: 47.4 (#146), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1340 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1415 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1342 | — |
Instruction Following Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 71.3 (#150), Nova Premier 1.0: 66.9 (#201)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 80.3% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1346 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.2 30b: 41.4 (#135), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1359 | — |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 54.3 (#147), Nova Premier 1.0: 51.0 (#174)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1363 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1294 | — |
| WildBench | — | 78.8% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1340 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 30b better than Nova Premier 1.0?
Granite 4.2 30b is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 30b and Nova Premier 1.0 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 30b has 11 scored results on Noometry and Nova Premier 1.0 has 6.