Model comparison
Granite 4.2 3b vs Phi-3.5-mini
Granite 4.2 3b has enough public results to be ranked (#163); Phi-3.5-mini does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
MicrosoftSummary
- The widest gap is in coding, where Granite 4.2 3b leads 39.4 to 34.0.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 3b | Phi-3.5-mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 39.0 | 36.4 |
| Released | — | 2024-08-16 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 11 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 39.4 (#146), Phi-3.5-mini: 34.0 (#231)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 32.8% |
| LMArena Coding | 1363 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 38.5% |
Reasoning Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: 25.0 (#136), Phi-3.5-mini: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1308 | — |
| PIQA | — | 81% |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: —, Phi-3.5-mini: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| GSM8K | — | 86.2% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: 35.6 (#169), Phi-3.5-mini: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1313 | — |
| BoolQ | — | 78% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: 42.4 (#193), Phi-3.5-mini: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1268 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1268 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1249 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: 67.2 (#195), Phi-3.5-mini: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1271 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: 39.3 (#179), Phi-3.5-mini: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1293 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: 47.9 (#202), Phi-3.5-mini: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1295 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1215 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1293 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 3b better than Phi-3.5-mini?
Granite 4.2 3b has enough public results to be ranked (#163); Phi-3.5-mini does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is Granite 4.2 3b or Phi-3.5-mini better for coding?
Granite 4.2 3b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.4 versus 34.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 3b and Phi-3.5-mini share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 3b has 11 scored results on Noometry and Phi-3.5-mini has 5.