Model comparison
Granite 4.2 8B vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
Granite 4.2 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.2 8B scores higher in 7 categories and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Granite 4.2 8B leads 49.8 to 31.3.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 8B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 40.0 | 28.8 |
| Released | — | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 118K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.25 | — |
| Results tracked | 11 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 39.9 (#138), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.4 (#313)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1379 | 1102 |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 20.3% |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 25.5 (#130), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.2 (#319)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1327 | 1100 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 15.9% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 30.3% |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 58.1% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 79.1% |
| HellaSwag | — | 77% |
| LiveBench | — | 24% |
| WinoGrande | — | 81.5% |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.2 8B: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 25.4 (#247)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | — | 17.6% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1151 |
Knowledge Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 37.7 (#144), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#237)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1380 | 1067 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 90.7% |
| MMLU | — | 75.7% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
| TriviaQA | — | 58.1% |
Multilingual Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 44.5 (#173), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.6 (#267)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1299 | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1361 | 1061 |
| LMArena Russian | 1283 | 1111 |
| LMArena French | — | 1134 |
| LMArena German | — | 1080 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 966 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 894 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1111 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 68.7 (#183), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 52.2 (#287)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1298 | 1087 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 47.2% |
Long Context Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 40.2 (#154), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#262)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1323 | 1088 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 49.8 (#183), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.3 (#279)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1319 | 1110 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1238 | 1083 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1299 | 1068 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 12.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 8B better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?
Granite 4.2 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.2 8B or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?
Granite 4.2 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.9 versus 27.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 8B and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 8B has 11 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.