Model comparison
Granite 4.2 3b vs Trinity Large Thinking
Granite 4.2 3b and Trinity Large Thinking score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.4 vs 38.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
Arcee AISummary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.2 3b scores higher in 2 categories and Trinity Large Thinking in 5 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Granite 4.2 3b leads 26.0 to 16.9.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 3b | Trinity Large Thinking | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Arcee AI |
| Noometry Index | 39.4 | 38.6 |
| Released | — | 2026-04-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 80K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.80 |
| Results tracked | 11 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 40.0 (#151), Trinity Large Thinking: 34.1 (#244)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1361 | 1381 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1238 |
| SciCode | — | 36.1% |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 3b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 26.0 (#138), Trinity Large Thinking: 16.9 (#298)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1306 | 1350 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 16.5% |
| CritPt | — | 0.9% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 41.6% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 15.6% |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: —, Trinity Large Thinking: 37.6 (#149)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1366 |
Knowledge Trinity Large Thinking leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 36.3 (#171), Trinity Large Thinking: 40.9 (#113)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1315 | 1360 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 6.9% |
Multilingual Trinity Large Thinking leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 42.1 (#198), Trinity Large Thinking: 46.2 (#160)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1268 | 1325 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1269 | 1373 |
| LMArena Russian | 1249 | 1337 |
| LMArena French | — | 1374 |
| LMArena German | — | 1356 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1311 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1306 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1357 |
Instruction Following Trinity Large Thinking leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 67.1 (#200), Trinity Large Thinking: 70.5 (#162)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1273 | 1334 |
Long Context Trinity Large Thinking leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 39.2 (#185), Trinity Large Thinking: 41.3 (#144)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1291 | 1355 |
Writing & Preference Trinity Large Thinking leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 47.2 (#212), Trinity Large Thinking: 53.8 (#158)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1293 | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1205 | 1320 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1290 | 1342 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 3b better than Trinity Large Thinking?
Granite 4.2 3b and Trinity Large Thinking score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.4 vs 38.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Granite 4.2 3b or Trinity Large Thinking better for coding?
Granite 4.2 3b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.0 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 3b and Trinity Large Thinking share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 3b has 11 scored results on Noometry and Trinity Large Thinking has 24.