Model comparison

Granite 4.2 3b vs Pixtral Large

Granite 4.2 3b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 0 shared benchmarks.

Granite 4.2 3b IBM

39.4

Rank #169 Confirmed

Pixtral Large

Mistral AI

32.2

Rank #259 Reported

Summary

The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Granite 4.2 3b leads 47.2 to 32.9.

Side by side

Granite 4.2 3b and Pixtral Large specifications
	Granite 4.2 3b	Pixtral Large
Provider	IBM	Mistral AI
Noometry Index	39.4	32.2
Released	—	2024-11-01
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	—	128K
Max output	—	128K
Input $ / M tokens	—	$2
Output $ / M tokens	—	$6
Results tracked	11	3

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Granite 4.2 3b: 40.0 (#151), Pixtral Large: —

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 3b	Pixtral Large
LMArena Coding	1361	—

Reasoning Granite 4.2 3b leads

Granite 4.2 3b: 26.0 (#138), Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 3b	Pixtral Large
EnigmaEval	—	0.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1306	—

Knowledge Not comparable

Granite 4.2 3b: 36.3 (#171), Pixtral Large: —

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 3b	Pixtral Large
LMArena Expert	1315	—

Multimodal Not comparable

Granite 4.2 3b: —, Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 3b	Pixtral Large
LMArena Vision	—	1089

Multilingual Not comparable

Granite 4.2 3b: 42.1 (#198), Pixtral Large: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 3b	Pixtral Large
LMArena Non-English	1268	—
LMArena Chinese	1269	—
LMArena Russian	1249	—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Granite 4.2 3b: 67.1 (#200), Pixtral Large: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 3b	Pixtral Large
LMArena Instruction Following	1273	—

Long Context Not comparable

Granite 4.2 3b: 39.2 (#185), Pixtral Large: —

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 3b	Pixtral Large
LMArena Longer Query	1291	—

Writing & Preference Granite 4.2 3b leads

Granite 4.2 3b: 47.2 (#212), Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 3b	Pixtral Large
LMArena Text	1293	—
LMArena Creative Writing	1205	—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	—	988
LMArena Multi-Turn	1290	—

Frequently asked questions

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