Model comparison
Granite 4.2 8B vs Qwen1.5-72B
Granite 4.2 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.5 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.2 8B scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen1.5-72B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 4.2 8B leads 38.4 to 11.5.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen1.5-72B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 40.5 | 30.8 |
| Released | — | 2024-02-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 118K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.25 | — |
| Results tracked | 11 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 40.5 (#137), Qwen1.5-72B: 31.9 (#277)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1380 | 1165 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 33.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.3% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 59.1% |
| MBPP+ | — | 61.6% |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 26.6 (#131), Qwen1.5-72B: 22.2 (#203)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1329 | 1148 |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.2 8B: —, Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#205)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1164 |
Knowledge Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 38.4 (#145), Qwen1.5-72B: 11.5 (#300)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1384 | 1136 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 28.8% |
Multilingual Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 44.5 (#178), Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#253)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1302 | 1135 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1366 | 1186 |
| LMArena Russian | 1285 | 1104 |
| LMArena French | — | 1159 |
| LMArena German | — | 1084 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1061 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1050 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1110 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 68.7 (#184), Qwen1.5-72B: 59.3 (#256)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1301 | 1141 |
Long Context Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 40.3 (#159), Qwen1.5-72B: 35.1 (#243)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1324 | 1157 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 49.6 (#189), Qwen1.5-72B: 37.3 (#258)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1320 | 1166 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1236 | 1137 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1301 | 1160 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 8B better than Qwen1.5-72B?
Granite 4.2 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.5 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.2 8B or Qwen1.5-72B better for coding?
Granite 4.2 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.5 versus 31.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 8B and Qwen1.5-72B share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 8B has 11 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-72B has 22.