Model comparison

Granite 4.2 8B vs Laguna M.1

Granite 4.2 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 0 shared benchmarks.

Granite 4.2 8B IBM

40.0

Rank #143 Confirmed

Laguna M.1

Poolside

31.9

Rank #252 Reported

Summary

The widest gap is in reasoning, where Granite 4.2 8B leads 25.5 to 21.9.
Laguna M.1 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.

Side by side

Granite 4.2 8B and Laguna M.1 specifications
	Granite 4.2 8B	Laguna M.1
Provider	IBM	Poolside
Noometry Index	40.0	31.9
Released	—	2026-04-28
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	131K	262K
Max output	118K	33K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.06	—
Output $ / M tokens	$0.25	—
Results tracked	11	3

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Category by category

Coding Granite 4.2 8B leads

Granite 4.2 8B: 39.9 (#138), Laguna M.1: 36.4 (#195)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Laguna M.1
LMArena WebDev	—	1348
LMArena Coding	1379	—

Reasoning Granite 4.2 8B leads

Granite 4.2 8B: 25.5 (#130), Laguna M.1: 21.9 (#187)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Laguna M.1
LMArena Hard Prompts	1327	—
Surface Evolver Bench	—	15.6%

Math Not comparable

Granite 4.2 8B: —, Laguna M.1: 20.3 (#276)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Laguna M.1
ProofBench	—	0%

Knowledge Not comparable

Granite 4.2 8B: 37.7 (#144), Laguna M.1: —

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Laguna M.1
LMArena Expert	1380	—

Multilingual Not comparable

Granite 4.2 8B: 44.5 (#173), Laguna M.1: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Laguna M.1
LMArena Non-English	1299	—
LMArena Chinese	1361	—
LMArena Russian	1283	—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Granite 4.2 8B: 68.7 (#183), Laguna M.1: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Laguna M.1
LMArena Instruction Following	1298	—

Long Context Not comparable

Granite 4.2 8B: 40.2 (#154), Laguna M.1: —

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Laguna M.1
LMArena Longer Query	1323	—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Granite 4.2 8B: 49.8 (#183), Laguna M.1: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Laguna M.1
LMArena Text	1319	—
LMArena Creative Writing	1238	—
LMArena Multi-Turn	1299	—

Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 4.2 8B better than Laguna M.1?

Granite 4.2 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Granite 4.2 8B or Laguna M.1 better for coding?

Granite 4.2 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.9 versus 36.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Laguna M.1 does, with 262K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 8B and Laguna M.1 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 8B has 11 scored results on Noometry and Laguna M.1 has 3.