Model comparison
Granite 4.2 8B vs Llama 2-70B
Granite 4.2 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.5 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
MetaSummary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.2 8B scores higher in 7 categories and Llama 2-70B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 4.2 8B leads 38.4 to 7.4.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 8B | Llama 2-70B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 40.5 | 24.4 |
| Released | — | 2023-07-18 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 118K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.25 | — |
| Results tracked | 11 | 35 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 40.5 (#137), Llama 2-70B: 31.4 (#286)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Llama 2-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1380 | 1079 |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 26.6 (#131), Llama 2-70B: 14.4 (#325)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Llama 2-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1329 | 1073 |
| DTBench | — | 41.6% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 64.9% |
| CommonsenseQA 2.0 | — | 50% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 113.79 |
| ForecastBench | — | 51.4 |
| HellaSwag | — | 85.3% |
| LAMBADA | — | 78.9% |
| PIQA | — | 82.8% |
| WinoGrande | — | 80.2% |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.2 8B: —, Llama 2-70B: 8.1 (#326)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Llama 2-70B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 0% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1091 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 3.3% |
| GSM8K | — | 69.6% |
Knowledge Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 38.4 (#145), Llama 2-70B: 7.4 (#310)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Llama 2-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1384 | 1039 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 26.3% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 78.3% |
| BoolQ | — | 88.6% |
| MMLU | — | 69.9% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 60.2% |
| TriviaQA | — | 87.6% |
Multilingual Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 44.5 (#178), Llama 2-70B: 27.7 (#274)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Llama 2-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1302 | 1045 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1366 | 995 |
| LMArena Russian | 1285 | 1083 |
| LMArena French | — | 1090 |
| LMArena German | — | 1041 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 927 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 964 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1143 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 68.7 (#184), Llama 2-70B: 54.9 (#278)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Llama 2-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1301 | 1071 |
Long Context Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 40.3 (#159), Llama 2-70B: 32.3 (#270)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Llama 2-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1324 | 1062 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 49.6 (#189), Llama 2-70B: 32.3 (#279)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Llama 2-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1320 | 1115 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1236 | 1075 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1301 | 1088 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 8B better than Llama 2-70B?
Granite 4.2 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.5 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.2 8B or Llama 2-70B better for coding?
Granite 4.2 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.5 versus 31.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 8B and Llama 2-70B share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 8B has 11 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-70B has 35.