Model comparison
Granite 4.2 30b vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Granite 4.2 30b is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.2 30b scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 4.2 30b leads 38.5 to 26.9.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 30b | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 41.4 | 31.5 |
| Released | — | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $5.60 |
| Results tracked | 11 | 43 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 40.4 (#127), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 32.8 (#256)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1394 | 1293 |
| WeirdML | — | 16% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.8% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 55.9% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.2 30b: —, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 22.0 (#124)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | — | 5.7% |
| BALROG | — | 16.2% |
| METR Time Horizons | — | 35.8% |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 26.7 (#114), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 21.4 (#197)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1375 | 1271 |
| DTBench | — | 62.9% |
| LMCA | — | 13.4% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 79.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 129.01 |
| ForecastBench | — | 57.5 |
| HellaSwag | — | 84.8% |
| PIQA | — | 82.6% |
| WinoGrande | — | 82.3% |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.2 30b: —, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 18.1 (#281)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 8.1% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 33% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1283 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 63.2% |
Knowledge Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 38.5 (#134), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 26.9 (#247)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1405 | 1245 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 49.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 63.1% |
| Confabulations | — | 19.1% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 42.6% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 94.5% |
| MMLU | — | 85.3% |
| TriviaQA | — | 71.9% |
Multilingual Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 47.4 (#146), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 41.2 (#208)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1340 | 1252 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1415 | 1272 |
| LMArena Russian | 1342 | 1264 |
| LMArena French | — | 1279 |
| LMArena German | — | 1234 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1180 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1188 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1255 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 71.3 (#150), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 65.7 (#216)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1346 | 1254 |
| IFEval | — | 80.6% |
Long Context Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 41.4 (#135), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 38.9 (#183)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1359 | 1282 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 54.3 (#147), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 46.9 (#210)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1363 | 1269 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1294 | 1221 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1340 | 1272 |
| WildBench | — | 80.2% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 30b better than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?
Granite 4.2 30b is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.2 30b or Qwen2.5 72B Instruct better for coding?
Granite 4.2 30b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 32.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 30b and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 30b has 11 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct has 43.