Model comparison
Granite 4.2 30b vs Pixtral Large
Granite 4.2 30b is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 31.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Granite 4.2 30b leads 54.3 to 32.9.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 30b | Pixtral Large | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 41.4 | 31.7 |
| Released | — | 2024-11-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6 |
| Results tracked | 11 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.2 30b: 40.4 (#127), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1394 | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 26.7 (#114), Pixtral Large: 20.9 (#208)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1375 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Granite 4.2 30b: 38.5 (#134), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1405 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Granite 4.2 30b: —, Pixtral Large: 30.0 (#105)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1089 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.2 30b: 47.4 (#146), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1340 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1415 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1342 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Granite 4.2 30b: 71.3 (#150), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1346 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.2 30b: 41.4 (#135), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1359 | — |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 54.3 (#147), Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#273)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1363 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1294 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 988 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1340 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 30b better than Pixtral Large?
Granite 4.2 30b is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 31.7 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 30b and Pixtral Large share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 30b has 11 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.