Model comparison
Granite 4.2 8B vs Llama 2-7B
Granite 4.2 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.5 to 29.1 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 2-7B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Granite 4.2 8B leads 49.6 to 28.0.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 8B | Llama 2-7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 40.5 | 29.1 |
| 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 | 29 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 40.5 (#137), Llama 2-7B: 29.2 (#307)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1380 | 1002 |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 26.6 (#131), Llama 2-7B: 15.7 (#312)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1329 | 1009 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 39.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 99.06 |
| HellaSwag | — | 77.2% |
| LAMBADA | — | 73.3% |
| PIQA | — | 78.8% |
| WinoGrande | — | 69.2% |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.2 8B: —, Llama 2-7B: 30.7 (#233)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1042 |
| GSM8K | — | 16.7% |
Knowledge Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 38.4 (#145), Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#248)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1384 | 1036 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 45.9% |
| BoolQ | — | 77.9% |
| MMLU | — | 45.8% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 58.6% |
| TriviaQA | — | 73.7% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Granite 4.2 8B: —, Llama 2-7B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | — | 43.1% |
Multilingual Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 44.5 (#178), Llama 2-7B: 23.8 (#293)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1302 | 973 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1366 | 973 |
| LMArena Russian | 1285 | 995 |
| LMArena French | — | 970 |
| LMArena German | — | 978 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1007 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 68.7 (#184), Llama 2-7B: 50.8 (#298)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1301 | 1006 |
Long Context Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 40.3 (#159), Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#287)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1324 | 999 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 49.6 (#189), Llama 2-7B: 28.0 (#298)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1320 | 1053 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1236 | 1033 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1301 | 1029 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 8B better than Llama 2-7B?
Granite 4.2 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.5 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.2 8B or Llama 2-7B better for coding?
Granite 4.2 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.5 versus 29.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 8B and Llama 2-7B share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 8B has 11 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-7B has 29.