Model comparison

Granite 4.2 8B vs Phi-4 Mini

Granite 4.2 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 0 shared benchmarks.

Granite 4.2 8B IBM

40.0

Rank #143 Confirmed

Phi-4 Mini

Microsoft

30.4

Rank #280 Reported

Summary

The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 4.2 8B leads 37.7 to 24.8.
Granite 4.2 8B is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.25 per million input/output tokens, against $0.075 / $0.30 for Phi-4 Mini.
Granite 4.2 8B accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 128K.

Side by side

Granite 4.2 8B and Phi-4 Mini specifications
	Granite 4.2 8B	Phi-4 Mini
Provider	IBM	Microsoft
Noometry Index	40.0	30.4
Released	—	2024-12-11
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	131K	128K
Max output	118K	4K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.06	$0.075
Output $ / M tokens	$0.25	$0.30
Results tracked	11	3

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Category by category

Coding Granite 4.2 8B leads

Granite 4.2 8B: 39.9 (#138), Phi-4 Mini: 27.6 (#312)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Phi-4 Mini
SciCode	—	10.8%
LMArena Coding	1379	—

Reasoning Granite 4.2 8B leads

Granite 4.2 8B: 25.5 (#130), Phi-4 Mini: 21.7 (#190)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Phi-4 Mini
CritPt	—	0%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1327	—

Knowledge Granite 4.2 8B leads

Granite 4.2 8B: 37.7 (#144), Phi-4 Mini: 24.8 (#261)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Phi-4 Mini
Vectara Hallucination Rate	—	23.5%
LMArena Expert	1380	—

Multilingual Not comparable

Granite 4.2 8B: 44.5 (#173), Phi-4 Mini: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Phi-4 Mini
LMArena Non-English	1299	—
LMArena Chinese	1361	—
LMArena Russian	1283	—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Granite 4.2 8B: 68.7 (#183), Phi-4 Mini: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Phi-4 Mini
LMArena Instruction Following	1298	—

Long Context Not comparable

Granite 4.2 8B: 40.2 (#154), Phi-4 Mini: —

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Phi-4 Mini
LMArena Longer Query	1323	—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Granite 4.2 8B: 49.8 (#183), Phi-4 Mini: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Phi-4 Mini
LMArena Text	1319	—
LMArena Creative Writing	1238	—
LMArena Multi-Turn	1299	—

Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 4.2 8B better than Phi-4 Mini?

Granite 4.2 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Granite 4.2 8B or Phi-4 Mini?

Granite 4.2 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.25 per million output tokens; Phi-4 Mini lists at $0.075 and $0.30.

Is Granite 4.2 8B or Phi-4 Mini better for coding?

Granite 4.2 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.9 versus 27.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Granite 4.2 8B does, with 131K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 8B and Phi-4 Mini share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 8B has 11 scored results on Noometry and Phi-4 Mini has 3.