Model comparison
Granite 4.2 3b vs o1-mini
Granite 4.2 3b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.2 3b scores higher in 4 categories and o1-mini in 3 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Granite 4.2 3b leads 26.0 to 8.8.
- Granite 4.2 3b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 3b | o1-mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 39.4 | 34.0 |
| Released | — | 2024-09-12 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 11 | 39 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 40.0 (#151), o1-mini: 35.5 (#224)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1361 | 1362 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 32.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 36.3% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 48% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 89% |
| MBPP+ | — | 78.8% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: —, o1-mini: 24.6 (#118)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | — | 10% |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 26.0 (#138), o1-mini: 8.8 (#346)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1306 | 1333 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0.8% |
| SimpleBench | — | 18.1% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 14% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 72.3% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 57.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 135.82 |
| LiveBench | — | 57.8% |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: —, o1-mini: 35.4 (#186)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 46.9% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 62% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1358 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 89.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
Knowledge Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 36.3 (#171), o1-mini: 34.9 (#192)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1315 | 1316 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 62.4% |
| Confabulations | — | 18.6% |
Multilingual o1-mini leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 42.1 (#198), o1-mini: 43.6 (#182)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1268 | 1289 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1269 | 1314 |
| LMArena Russian | 1249 | 1283 |
| LMArena French | — | 1293 |
| LMArena German | — | 1278 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1245 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1223 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1303 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Granite 4.2 3b: 67.1 (#200), o1-mini: 66.7 (#206)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1273 | 1304 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 65.4% |
Long Context Too close to call
Granite 4.2 3b: 39.2 (#185), o1-mini: 40.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1291 | 1320 |
Writing & Preference o1-mini leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 47.2 (#212), o1-mini: 48.4 (#202)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1293 | 1317 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1205 | 1244 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1290 | 1314 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 64.9% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 40.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 3b better than o1-mini?
Granite 4.2 3b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.2 3b or o1-mini better for coding?
Granite 4.2 3b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.0 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 3b and o1-mini share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 3b has 11 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.