Model comparison
Granite 4.2 3b vs Qwen3-1.7B
Granite 4.2 3b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 26.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 4.2 3b leads 36.3 to 19.6.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 3b | Qwen3-1.7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.4 | 26.6 |
| Released | — | 2025-04-29 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 11 | 4 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: 40.0 (#151), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1361 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: —, Qwen3-1.7B: 24.7 (#115)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 28.4% |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 26.0 (#138), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.2 (#267)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1306 | — |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: —, Qwen3-1.7B: 16.3 (#294)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 8.1% |
Knowledge Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 36.3 (#171), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#278)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 38% |
| LMArena Expert | 1315 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: 42.1 (#198), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1268 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1269 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1249 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: 67.1 (#200), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1273 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: 39.2 (#185), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1291 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: 47.2 (#212), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1293 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1205 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1290 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 3b better than Qwen3-1.7B?
Granite 4.2 3b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 26.6 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 3b and Qwen3-1.7B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 3b has 11 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-1.7B has 4.