Model comparison
Granite 4.2 8B vs Nemotron 3 Super
Granite 4.2 8B and Nemotron 3 Super score almost the same on the Noometry Index (40.5 vs 40.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIASummary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.2 8B scores higher in 2 categories and Nemotron 3 Super in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Granite 4.2 8B leads 26.6 to 18.7.
- Granite 4.2 8B is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.25 per million input/output tokens, against $0.08 / $0.45 for Nemotron 3 Super.
- Nemotron 3 Super accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 8B | Nemotron 3 Super | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 40.5 | 40.1 |
| Released | — | 2026-03-11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | 262K |
| Max output | 118K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $0.08 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.25 | $0.45 |
| Results tracked | 11 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 40.5 (#137), Nemotron 3 Super: 39.4 (#158)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1380 | 1403 |
| SciCode | — | 36% |
| WeirdML | — | 38% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 213.9 |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 26.6 (#131), Nemotron 3 Super: 18.7 (#276)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1329 | 1386 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 15.4% |
| CritPt | — | 3.1% |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.2 8B: —, Nemotron 3 Super: 39.6 (#101)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 60.4% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1380 |
Knowledge Too close to call
Granite 4.2 8B: 38.4 (#145), Nemotron 3 Super: 38.9 (#139)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1384 | 1398 |
Multilingual Nemotron 3 Super leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 44.5 (#178), Nemotron 3 Super: 48.4 (#144)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1302 | 1355 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1366 | 1432 |
| LMArena Russian | 1285 | 1336 |
| LMArena French | — | 1405 |
| LMArena German | — | 1341 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1417 |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3 Super leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 68.7 (#184), Nemotron 3 Super: 71.2 (#154)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1301 | 1347 |
Long Context Nemotron 3 Super leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 40.3 (#159), Nemotron 3 Super: 41.5 (#139)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1324 | 1362 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3 Super leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 49.6 (#189), Nemotron 3 Super: 55.9 (#140)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1320 | 1378 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1236 | 1317 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1301 | 1369 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 8B better than Nemotron 3 Super?
Granite 4.2 8B and Nemotron 3 Super score almost the same on the Noometry Index (40.5 vs 40.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Granite 4.2 8B or Nemotron 3 Super?
Granite 4.2 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.25 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Super lists at $0.08 and $0.45.
Is Granite 4.2 8B or Nemotron 3 Super better for coding?
Granite 4.2 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.5 versus 39.4 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Nemotron 3 Super does, with 262K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 8B and Nemotron 3 Super share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 8B has 11 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Super has 21.