Model comparison
Granite 4.2 3b vs Sonar
Granite 4.2 3b and Sonar score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.4 vs 38.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
PerplexitySummary
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Sonar leads 52.6 to 47.2.
- Granite 4.2 3b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 3b | Sonar | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Perplexity |
| Noometry Index | 39.4 | 38.5 |
| Released | — | 2024-01-01 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1 |
| Results tracked | 11 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 40.0 (#151), Sonar: 35.7 (#221)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | — | 35.1% |
| LMArena Coding | 1361 | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 26.0 (#138), Sonar: 21.1 (#227)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 46.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1306 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 37.9% |
| LiveBench | — | 46.9% |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: —, Sonar: 33.7 (#200)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | — | 41.6% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: 36.3 (#171), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1315 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: 42.1 (#198), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1268 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1269 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1249 | — |
Instruction Following Sonar leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 67.1 (#200), Sonar: 71.4 (#150)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 76.2% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1273 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: 39.2 (#185), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1291 | — |
Writing & Preference Sonar leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 47.2 (#212), Sonar: 52.6 (#167)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1293 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1205 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1290 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 44.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 3b better than Sonar?
Granite 4.2 3b and Sonar score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.4 vs 38.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Granite 4.2 3b or Sonar better for coding?
Granite 4.2 3b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.0 versus 35.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 3b and Sonar share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 3b has 11 scored results on Noometry and Sonar has 7.