Model comparison
Granite 4.2 30b vs Solar Pro4
Granite 4.2 30b and Solar Pro4 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.8 vs 42.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
UpstageSummary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.2 30b scores higher in 1 category and Solar Pro4 in 6 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- Granite 4.2 30b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 30b | Solar Pro4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Upstage |
| Noometry Index | 41.8 | 42.1 |
| Released | — | 2026-08-06 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 524K |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 11 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Granite 4.2 30b: 41.0 (#126), Solar Pro4: 40.1 (#149)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1396 | 1437 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1371 |
Reasoning Too close to call
Granite 4.2 30b: 27.8 (#112), Solar Pro4: 28.5 (#104)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1374 | 1399 |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.2 30b: —, Solar Pro4: 38.8 (#128)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1416 |
Knowledge Too close to call
Granite 4.2 30b: 39.1 (#138), Solar Pro4: 39.8 (#129)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1406 | 1427 |
Multilingual Solar Pro4 leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 47.3 (#151), Solar Pro4: 48.7 (#139)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1340 | 1361 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1414 | 1415 |
| LMArena Russian | 1343 | 1360 |
| LMArena French | — | 1397 |
| LMArena German | — | 1364 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1309 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1382 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1401 |
Instruction Following Solar Pro4 leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 71.2 (#155), Solar Pro4: 72.7 (#132)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1347 | 1377 |
Long Context Too close to call
Granite 4.2 30b: 41.4 (#140), Solar Pro4: 42.1 (#130)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1359 | 1381 |
Writing & Preference Solar Pro4 leads
Granite 4.2 30b: 53.8 (#156), Solar Pro4: 56.5 (#138)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30b | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1361 | 1386 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1288 | 1316 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | 1385 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 30b better than Solar Pro4?
Granite 4.2 30b and Solar Pro4 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.8 vs 42.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Granite 4.2 30b or Solar Pro4 better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (41.0 vs 40.1); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 30b and Solar Pro4 share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 30b has 11 scored results on Noometry and Solar Pro4 has 18.