Model comparison
Granite 4.2 3b vs Llama 3.1-70B
Granite 4.2 3b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.0 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
MetaSummary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.2 3b scores higher in 7 categories and Llama 3.1-70B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Granite 4.2 3b leads 47.9 to 35.6.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 3b | Llama 3.1-70B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 39.0 | 29.4 |
| Released | — | 2024-07-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Results tracked | 11 | 35 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 39.4 (#146), Llama 3.1-70B: 29.8 (#292)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1363 | 1260 |
| WeirdML | — | 9% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 46.1% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54.8% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: —, Llama 3.1-70B: 24.9 (#104)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | — | 6.9% |
| BALROG | — | 27.9% |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 25.0 (#136), Llama 3.1-70B: 20.8 (#215)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1308 | 1241 |
| DTBench | — | 60% |
| LMCA | — | 14.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 125.91 |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: —, Llama 3.1-70B: 12.7 (#298)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 3.6% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 21% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1252 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 36.7% |
Knowledge Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 35.6 (#169), Llama 3.1-70B: 24.1 (#264)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1313 | 1209 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 44.2% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 65.3% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 42.6% |
| MMLU | — | 80.1% |
Multilingual Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 42.4 (#193), Llama 3.1-70B: 38.9 (#220)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1268 | 1219 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1268 | 1215 |
| LMArena Russian | 1249 | 1234 |
| LMArena French | — | 1260 |
| LMArena German | — | 1222 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1132 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1140 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1253 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 67.2 (#195), Llama 3.1-70B: 65.5 (#218)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1271 | 1231 |
| IFEval | — | 82.1% |
Long Context Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 39.3 (#179), Llama 3.1-70B: 37.6 (#208)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1293 | 1241 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 47.9 (#202), Llama 3.1-70B: 35.6 (#262)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Llama 3.1-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1295 | 1261 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1215 | 1232 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1293 | 1256 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 784 |
| WildBench | — | 75.8% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 3b better than Llama 3.1-70B?
Granite 4.2 3b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.0 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.2 3b or Llama 3.1-70B better for coding?
Granite 4.2 3b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.4 versus 29.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 3b and Llama 3.1-70B share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 3b has 11 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1-70B has 35.