Model comparison
Granite 4.2 3b vs Qwen1.5-32B
Granite 4.2 3b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.0 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.2 3b scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen1.5-32B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 4.2 3b leads 35.6 to 13.5.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 3b | Qwen1.5-32B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.0 | 30.0 |
| Released | — | 2024-02-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 11 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 39.4 (#146), Qwen1.5-32B: 31.1 (#278)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1363 | 1155 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 32.3% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 42% |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 25.0 (#136), Qwen1.5-32B: 20.9 (#210)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1308 | 1131 |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: —, Qwen1.5-32B: 30.5 (#207)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1155 |
Knowledge Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 35.6 (#169), Qwen1.5-32B: 13.5 (#291)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1313 | 1126 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 30.7% |
| MMLU | — | 74.4% |
Multilingual Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 42.4 (#193), Qwen1.5-32B: 31.6 (#254)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1268 | 1106 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1268 | 1176 |
| LMArena Russian | 1249 | 1073 |
| LMArena French | — | 1100 |
| LMArena German | — | 1058 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1027 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1007 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1089 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 67.2 (#195), Qwen1.5-32B: 58.0 (#260)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1271 | 1116 |
Long Context Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 39.3 (#179), Qwen1.5-32B: 34.7 (#241)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1293 | 1146 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 47.9 (#202), Qwen1.5-32B: 34.4 (#266)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1295 | 1137 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1215 | 1083 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1293 | 1140 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 3b better than Qwen1.5-32B?
Granite 4.2 3b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.0 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.2 3b or Qwen1.5-32B better for coding?
Granite 4.2 3b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.4 versus 31.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 3b and Qwen1.5-32B share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 3b has 11 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-32B has 21.