Model comparison

Granite 4.2 30b vs Qwen3-1.7B

Granite 4.2 30b is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 0 shared benchmarks.

Granite 4.2 30b IBM

41.4

Rank #126 Confirmed

Qwen3-1.7B

Alibaba (Qwen)

26.2

Rank #331 Reported

Summary

The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 4.2 30b leads 38.5 to 19.6.

Side by side

Granite 4.2 30b and Qwen3-1.7B specifications
	Granite 4.2 30b	Qwen3-1.7B
Provider	IBM	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	41.4	26.2
Released	—	2025-04-29
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	—	—
Max output	—	—
Input $ / M tokens	—	—
Output $ / M tokens	—	—
Results tracked	11	4

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Granite 4.2 30b: 40.4 (#127), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 30b	Qwen3-1.7B
LMArena Coding	1394	—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Granite 4.2 30b: —, Qwen3-1.7B: 24.5 (#108)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 30b	Qwen3-1.7B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	—	28.4%

Reasoning Granite 4.2 30b leads

Granite 4.2 30b: 26.7 (#114), Qwen3-1.7B: 18.5 (#263)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 30b	Qwen3-1.7B
Chess Puzzles	—	0%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1375	—

Math Not comparable

Granite 4.2 30b: —, Qwen3-1.7B: 15.4 (#288)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 30b	Qwen3-1.7B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	—	8.1%

Knowledge Granite 4.2 30b leads

Granite 4.2 30b: 38.5 (#134), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#273)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 30b	Qwen3-1.7B
GPQA Diamond	—	38%
LMArena Expert	1405	—

Multilingual Not comparable

Granite 4.2 30b: 47.4 (#146), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 30b	Qwen3-1.7B
LMArena Non-English	1340	—
LMArena Chinese	1415	—
LMArena Russian	1342	—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Granite 4.2 30b: 71.3 (#150), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 30b	Qwen3-1.7B
LMArena Instruction Following	1346	—

Long Context Not comparable

Granite 4.2 30b: 41.4 (#135), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 30b	Qwen3-1.7B
LMArena Longer Query	1359	—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Granite 4.2 30b: 54.3 (#147), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 30b	Qwen3-1.7B
LMArena Text	1363	—
LMArena Creative Writing	1294	—
LMArena Multi-Turn	1340	—

Frequently asked questions

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