Model comparison
Granite 4.2 8B vs Llama 3-70B
Granite 4.2 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 28.5 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 3-70B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 4.2 8B leads 37.7 to 20.8.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 8B | Llama 3-70B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 40.0 | 28.5 |
| Released | — | 2024-04-18 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 118K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.25 | — |
| Results tracked | 11 | 31 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 39.9 (#138), Llama 3-70B: 35.3 (#215)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1379 | 1206 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 43.6% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54.5% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 72% |
| MBPP+ | — | 69% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.2 8B: —, Llama 3-70B: 20.9 (#132)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | — | 5% |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 25.5 (#130), Llama 3-70B: 17.4 (#284)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1327 | 1195 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 35.1% |
| DTBench | — | 54.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 122.91 |
| ForecastBench | — | 57.1 |
| WinoGrande | — | 83.5% |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.2 8B: —, Llama 3-70B: 12.0 (#299)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 4.3% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1218 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 22.6% |
Knowledge Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 37.7 (#144), Llama 3-70B: 20.8 (#272)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1380 | 1149 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 40.6% |
| MMLU | — | 79.3% |
Multilingual Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 44.5 (#173), Llama 3-70B: 33.8 (#246)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1299 | 1142 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1361 | 1114 |
| LMArena Russian | 1283 | 1159 |
| LMArena French | — | 1231 |
| LMArena German | — | 1169 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1017 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1017 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1241 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 68.7 (#183), Llama 3-70B: 62.8 (#233)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1298 | 1194 |
Long Context Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 40.2 (#154), Llama 3-70B: 35.6 (#235)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1323 | 1174 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 49.8 (#183), Llama 3-70B: 43.0 (#225)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1319 | 1221 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1238 | 1210 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1299 | 1223 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 8B better than Llama 3-70B?
Granite 4.2 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 28.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.2 8B or Llama 3-70B better for coding?
Granite 4.2 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.9 versus 35.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 8B and Llama 3-70B share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 8B has 11 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3-70B has 31.