Model comparison
Granite 4.2 3b vs Nemotron 3 Super
Granite 4.2 3b and Nemotron 3 Super score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.4 vs 40.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIASummary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.2 3b scores higher in 2 categories and Nemotron 3 Super in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nemotron 3 Super leads 55.9 to 47.2.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 3b | Nemotron 3 Super | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 39.4 | 40.1 |
| Released | — | 2026-03-11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.08 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.45 |
| Results tracked | 11 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Granite 4.2 3b: 40.0 (#151), Nemotron 3 Super: 39.4 (#158)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1361 | 1403 |
| SciCode | — | 36% |
| WeirdML | — | 38% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 213.9 |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 26.0 (#138), Nemotron 3 Super: 18.7 (#276)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1306 | 1386 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 15.4% |
| CritPt | — | 3.1% |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: —, Nemotron 3 Super: 39.6 (#101)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 60.4% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1380 |
Knowledge Nemotron 3 Super leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 36.3 (#171), Nemotron 3 Super: 38.9 (#139)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1315 | 1398 |
Multilingual Nemotron 3 Super leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 42.1 (#198), Nemotron 3 Super: 48.4 (#144)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1268 | 1355 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1269 | 1432 |
| LMArena Russian | 1249 | 1336 |
| LMArena French | — | 1405 |
| LMArena German | — | 1341 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1417 |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3 Super leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 67.1 (#200), Nemotron 3 Super: 71.2 (#154)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1273 | 1347 |
Long Context Nemotron 3 Super leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 39.2 (#185), Nemotron 3 Super: 41.5 (#139)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1291 | 1362 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3 Super leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 47.2 (#212), Nemotron 3 Super: 55.9 (#140)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1293 | 1378 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1205 | 1317 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1290 | 1369 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 3b better than Nemotron 3 Super?
Granite 4.2 3b and Nemotron 3 Super score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.4 vs 40.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Granite 4.2 3b or Nemotron 3 Super better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (40.0 vs 39.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 3b and Nemotron 3 Super share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 3b has 11 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Super has 21.