Model comparison
Granite 4.2 3b vs Llama 3-70B
Granite 4.2 3b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 28.8 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 3-70B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 4.2 3b leads 36.3 to 20.8.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 3b | Llama 3-70B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 39.4 | 28.8 |
| Released | — | 2024-04-18 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 11 | 31 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 40.0 (#151), Llama 3-70B: 35.8 (#218)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1361 | 1206 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 43.6% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54.5% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 72% |
| MBPP+ | — | 69% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: —, Llama 3-70B: 21.1 (#139)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | — | 5% |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 26.0 (#138), Llama 3-70B: 18.0 (#288)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1306 | 1195 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 35.1% |
| DTBench | — | 54.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 122.93 |
| ForecastBench | — | 57.1 |
| WinoGrande | — | 83.5% |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: —, Llama 3-70B: 12.8 (#305)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 4.3% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1218 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 22.6% |
Knowledge Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 36.3 (#171), Llama 3-70B: 20.8 (#277)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1315 | 1149 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 40.6% |
| MMLU | — | 79.3% |
Multilingual Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 42.1 (#198), Llama 3-70B: 33.6 (#251)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1268 | 1142 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1269 | 1114 |
| LMArena Russian | 1249 | 1159 |
| LMArena French | — | 1232 |
| LMArena German | — | 1169 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1017 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1017 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1241 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 67.1 (#200), Llama 3-70B: 62.5 (#238)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1273 | 1194 |
Long Context Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 39.2 (#185), Llama 3-70B: 35.6 (#240)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1291 | 1174 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 47.2 (#212), Llama 3-70B: 42.8 (#231)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1293 | 1221 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1205 | 1210 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1290 | 1223 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 3b better than Llama 3-70B?
Granite 4.2 3b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.2 3b or Llama 3-70B better for coding?
Granite 4.2 3b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.0 versus 35.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 3b and Llama 3-70B share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 3b has 11 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3-70B has 31.