Model comparison
Granite 4.2 3b vs Qwen3.6 Flash
Granite 4.2 3b and Qwen3.6 Flash score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.0 vs 38.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Flash leads 42.2 to 35.6.
- Granite 4.2 3b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 3b | Qwen3.6 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.0 | 38.4 |
| Released | — | 2026-04-27 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.19 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.13 |
| Results tracked | 11 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: 39.4 (#146), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1363 | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 326.4 |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 Flash leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 25.0 (#136), Qwen3.6 Flash: 28.4 (#90)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | — | 35.2% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 20% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1308 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 18% |
| DTBench | — | 77.1% |
| LMCA | — | 31% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 143.26 |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: —, Qwen3.6 Flash: 38.0 (#88)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 22.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 84.4% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 10.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 0% |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 Flash leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 35.6 (#169), Qwen3.6 Flash: 42.2 (#90)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 83.3% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 15.9% |
| LMArena Expert | 1313 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: 42.4 (#193), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1268 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1268 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1249 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: 67.2 (#195), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1271 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: 39.3 (#179), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1293 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: 47.9 (#202), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1295 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1215 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1293 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 3b better than Qwen3.6 Flash?
Granite 4.2 3b and Qwen3.6 Flash score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.0 vs 38.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 3b and Qwen3.6 Flash share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 3b has 11 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Flash has 13.