Model comparison
Granite 4.2 3b vs Ministral 3B
Granite 4.2 3b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.0 to 25.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 4.2 3b leads 35.6 to 10.4.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 3b | Ministral 3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 39.0 | 25.6 |
| Released | — | 2024-10-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.04 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.04 |
| Results tracked | 11 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: 39.4 (#146), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1363 | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 25.0 (#136), Ministral 3B: 17.7 (#278)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1308 | — |
| DTBench | — | 51.7% |
| LMCA | — | 5.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 118.08 |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: —, Ministral 3B: 24.5 (#257)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| MATH Level 5 | — | 14.4% |
Knowledge Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 35.6 (#169), Ministral 3B: 10.4 (#297)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 25.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1313 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: 42.4 (#193), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1268 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1268 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1249 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: 67.2 (#195), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1271 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: 39.3 (#179), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1293 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: 47.9 (#202), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1295 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1215 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1293 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 3b better than Ministral 3B?
Granite 4.2 3b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.0 to 25.6 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 3b and Ministral 3B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 3b has 11 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 3B has 6.