Model comparison

Granite 4.2 8B vs Pixtral Large

Granite 4.2 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.5 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 11, 2026. 0 shared benchmarks.

Granite 4.2 8B IBM

40.5

Rank #148 Confirmed

Pixtral Large

Mistral AI

32.2

Rank #259 Reported

Summary

The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Granite 4.2 8B leads 49.6 to 32.9.
Granite 4.2 8B is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.25 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Pixtral Large.
Granite 4.2 8B accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 128K.

Side by side

Granite 4.2 8B and Pixtral Large specifications
	Granite 4.2 8B	Pixtral Large
Provider	IBM	Mistral AI
Noometry Index	40.5	32.2
Released	—	2024-11-01
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	131K	128K
Max output	118K	128K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.06	$2
Output $ / M tokens	$0.25	$6
Results tracked	11	3

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Granite 4.2 8B: 40.5 (#137), Pixtral Large: —

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Pixtral Large
LMArena Coding	1380	—

Reasoning Granite 4.2 8B leads

Granite 4.2 8B: 26.6 (#131), Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Pixtral Large
EnigmaEval	—	0.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1329	—

Knowledge Not comparable

Granite 4.2 8B: 38.4 (#145), Pixtral Large: —

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Pixtral Large
LMArena Expert	1384	—

Multimodal Not comparable

Granite 4.2 8B: —, Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Pixtral Large
LMArena Vision	—	1089

Multilingual Not comparable

Granite 4.2 8B: 44.5 (#178), Pixtral Large: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Pixtral Large
LMArena Non-English	1302	—
LMArena Chinese	1366	—
LMArena Russian	1285	—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Granite 4.2 8B: 68.7 (#184), Pixtral Large: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Pixtral Large
LMArena Instruction Following	1301	—

Long Context Not comparable

Granite 4.2 8B: 40.3 (#159), Pixtral Large: —

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Pixtral Large
LMArena Longer Query	1324	—

Writing & Preference Granite 4.2 8B leads

Granite 4.2 8B: 49.6 (#189), Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Pixtral Large
LMArena Text	1320	—
LMArena Creative Writing	1236	—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	—	988
LMArena Multi-Turn	1301	—

Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 4.2 8B better than Pixtral Large?

Granite 4.2 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.5 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Granite 4.2 8B or Pixtral Large?

Granite 4.2 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.25 per million output tokens; Pixtral Large lists at $2 and $6.

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 Pixtral Large share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 8B has 11 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.