Model comparison
Granite 4.2 8B vs Nova Premier 1.0
Granite 4.2 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Granite 4.2 8B leads 25.5 to 22.3.
- Granite 4.2 8B is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.25 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $12.50 for Nova Premier 1.0.
- Nova Premier 1.0 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.
- Granite 4.2 8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 8B | Nova Premier 1.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 40.0 | 37.7 |
| Released | — | 2025-04-30 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 131K | 1M |
| Max output | 118K | 10K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $2.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.25 | $12.50 |
| Results tracked | 11 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.2 8B: 39.9 (#138), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1379 | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 25.5 (#130), Nova Premier 1.0: 22.3 (#182)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 44.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1327 | — |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.2 8B: —, Nova Premier 1.0: 31.5 (#194)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | — | 35% |
Knowledge Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 37.7 (#144), Nova Premier 1.0: 35.4 (#176)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | — | 72.6% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 51.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1380 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.2 8B: 44.5 (#173), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1299 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1361 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1283 | — |
Instruction Following Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 68.7 (#183), Nova Premier 1.0: 66.9 (#201)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 80.3% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1298 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.2 8B: 40.2 (#154), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1323 | — |
Writing & Preference Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 49.8 (#183), Nova Premier 1.0: 51.0 (#174)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1319 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1238 | — |
| WildBench | — | 78.8% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1299 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 8B better than Nova Premier 1.0?
Granite 4.2 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Granite 4.2 8B or Nova Premier 1.0?
Granite 4.2 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.25 per million output tokens; Nova Premier 1.0 lists at $2.50 and $12.50.
Which has the bigger context window?
Nova Premier 1.0 does, with 1M tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 8B and Nova Premier 1.0 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 8B has 11 scored results on Noometry and Nova Premier 1.0 has 6.