Model comparison
Granite 4.2 3b vs Llama 4 Scout
Granite 4.2 3b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.0 to 27.4 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 4 Scout in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Granite 4.2 3b leads 39.4 to 19.9.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 3b | Llama 4 Scout | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 39.0 | 27.4 |
| Released | — | 2025-04-05 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.10 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Results tracked | 11 | 43 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 39.4 (#146), Llama 4 Scout: 19.9 (#334)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1363 | 1286 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 9.1% |
| SciCode | — | 17% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 43.1% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: —, Llama 4 Scout: 24.4 (#109)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 28.1% |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 25.0 (#136), Llama 4 Scout: 9.2 (#339)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1308 | 1266 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 36.9% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 0.5% |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| DTBench | — | 57.9% |
| LMCA | — | 12% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 129.64 |
| ForecastBench | — | 57.5 |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: —, Llama 4 Scout: 18.4 (#280)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 7.8% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 37.3% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1286 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 62.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 0% |
Knowledge Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 35.6 (#169), Llama 4 Scout: 31.8 (#208)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1313 | 1236 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 51.8% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 74.2% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.7% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 50.7% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: —, Llama 4 Scout: 31.6 (#98)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1118 |
| SpatialViz-Bench | — | 34.2% |
Multilingual Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 42.4 (#193), Llama 4 Scout: 41.3 (#207)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1268 | 1253 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1268 | 1256 |
| LMArena Russian | 1249 | 1263 |
| LMArena French | — | 1283 |
| LMArena German | — | 1274 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1209 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1207 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1277 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 67.2 (#195), Llama 4 Scout: 66.0 (#212)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1271 | 1248 |
| IFEval | — | 81.8% |
Long Context Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 39.3 (#179), Llama 4 Scout: 27.5 (#289)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1293 | 1265 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 36% |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 47.9 (#202), Llama 4 Scout: 37.1 (#256)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Llama 4 Scout |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1295 | 1279 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1215 | 1249 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1293 | 1281 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 783 |
| WildBench | — | 78% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 3b better than Llama 4 Scout?
Granite 4.2 3b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.0 to 27.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.2 3b or Llama 4 Scout better for coding?
Granite 4.2 3b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.4 versus 19.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 3b and Llama 4 Scout share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 3b has 11 scored results on Noometry and Llama 4 Scout has 43.