Model comparison
Granite 4.2 3b vs Mistral Medium 3.5
Granite 4.2 3b and Mistral Medium 3.5 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.4 vs 40.2), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.2 3b scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral Medium 3.5 in 5 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Medium 3.5 leads 58.5 to 47.2.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 3b | Mistral Medium 3.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 39.4 | 40.2 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 210K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 11 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 40.0 (#151), Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.0 (#213)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1361 | 1461 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1264 |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 26.0 (#138), Mistral Medium 3.5: 17.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1306 | 1436 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 41.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 12.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 141.35 |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: —, Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.1 (#113)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1431 |
Knowledge Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 36.3 (#171), Mistral Medium 3.5: 40.0 (#126)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1315 | 1432 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: —, Mistral Medium 3.5: 38.3 (#65)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1223 |
Multilingual Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 42.1 (#198), Mistral Medium 3.5: 51.9 (#100)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1268 | 1404 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1269 | 1442 |
| LMArena Russian | 1249 | 1395 |
| LMArena French | — | 1448 |
| LMArena German | — | 1451 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1385 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1409 |
Instruction Following Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 67.1 (#200), Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.6 (#90)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1273 | 1415 |
Long Context Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 39.2 (#185), Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#103)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1291 | 1415 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 47.2 (#212), Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.5 (#117)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1293 | 1421 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1205 | 1374 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1290 | 1423 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 993 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 3b better than Mistral Medium 3.5?
Granite 4.2 3b and Mistral Medium 3.5 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.4 vs 40.2), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Granite 4.2 3b or Mistral Medium 3.5 better for coding?
Granite 4.2 3b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.0 versus 36.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 3b and Mistral Medium 3.5 share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 3b has 11 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22.