Model comparison
Granite 4.2 30b vs QwQ-32B
Granite 4.2 30b is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 39.4 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 5 categories and QwQ-32B in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in long context, where QwQ-32B leads 49.0 to 41.4.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 30b | QwQ-32B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 41.4 | 39.4 |
| Released | — | 2024-11-28 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 11 | 36 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 40.4 (#127), QwQ-32B: 34.9 (#220)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1394 | 1333 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 20.9% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 44.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 72.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54.4% |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 26.7 (#114), QwQ-32B: 22.9 (#171)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1375 | 1326 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 83.5% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 65% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 137.6 |
| ForecastBench | — | 58.3 |
| LiveBench | — | 72% |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.2 30b: —, QwQ-32B: 36.2 (#123)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 59.2% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 77.8% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1359 |
Knowledge Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 38.5 (#134), QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#150)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1405 | 1323 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 65.3% |
| Confabulations | — | 15.6% |
Multilingual Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 47.4 (#146), QwQ-32B: 45.0 (#171)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1340 | 1306 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1415 | 1378 |
| LMArena Russian | 1342 | 1297 |
| LMArena French | — | 1337 |
| LMArena German | — | 1313 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1263 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1278 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1353 |
Instruction Following QwQ-32B leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 71.3 (#150), QwQ-32B: 72.8 (#131)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1346 | 1297 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 81.8% |
Long Context QwQ-32B leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 41.4 (#135), QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1359 | 1308 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 83.3% |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.2 30b leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 54.3 (#147), QwQ-32B: 50.9 (#175)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1363 | 1329 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1294 | 1288 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1340 | 1314 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 80.2% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1257 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 51.4% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 30b better than QwQ-32B?
Granite 4.2 30b is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.2 30b or QwQ-32B better for coding?
Granite 4.2 30b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 34.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 30b and QwQ-32B share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 30b has 11 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.