Noometry

Model comparison

Granite 4.2 8B vs Qwen3.7 Max

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.4 to 40.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.2 8B costs 35× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.7 Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Granite 4.2 8B IBM

40.0

Rank #143 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

51.4

Rank #35 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.2 8B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.7 Max in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.7 Max leads 61.7 to 37.7.
  • Granite 4.2 8B is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.25 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $7.50 for Qwen3.7 Max.
  • Qwen3.7 Max 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 8BQwen3.7 Max
ProviderIBMAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index40.051.4
Released—2026-05-19
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window131K1M
Max output118K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.06$2.50
Output $ / M tokens$0.25$7.50
Results tracked1133

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.7 Max leads

Granite 4.2 8B: 39.9 (#138), Qwen3.7 Max: 50.2 (#43)

BenchmarkGranite 4.2 8BQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Coding13791498
SWE-bench Verified—77.3%
LMArena WebDev—1515
SciCode—48.8%
ALE-Bench—1,189

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Granite 4.2 8B: —, Qwen3.7 Max: 21.8 (#129)

BenchmarkGranite 4.2 8BQwen3.7 Max
GBAEval—0.4%

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Max leads

Granite 4.2 8B: 25.5 (#130), Qwen3.7 Max: 48.4 (#36)

BenchmarkGranite 4.2 8BQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Hard Prompts13271483
SimpleBench—70.4%
NYT Connections (extended)—85.1%
CritPt—13.4%
Chess Puzzles—19%
EBR-Bench—9.5%
Mystery Game Puzzles—32%
DTBench—92.3%
LMCA—44%
Epoch Capabilities Index—153.74

Math Not comparable

Granite 4.2 8B: —, Qwen3.7 Max: 62.3 (#26)

BenchmarkGranite 4.2 8BQwen3.7 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—64.6%
FrontierMath Tier 4—34.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—95.6%
ProofBench—26%
LMArena Math—1488

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Max leads

Granite 4.2 8B: 37.7 (#144), Qwen3.7 Max: 61.7 (#24)

BenchmarkGranite 4.2 8BQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Expert13801488
GPQA Diamond—90.9%
SimpleQA Verified—55.8%

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Max leads

Granite 4.2 8B: 44.5 (#173), Qwen3.7 Max: 57.1 (#13)

BenchmarkGranite 4.2 8BQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Non-English12991475
LMArena Chinese13611533
LMArena Russian12831482

Instruction Following Qwen3.7 Max leads

Granite 4.2 8B: 68.7 (#183), Qwen3.7 Max: 76.9 (#34)

BenchmarkGranite 4.2 8BQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Instruction Following12981460

Long Context Qwen3.7 Max leads

Granite 4.2 8B: 40.2 (#154), Qwen3.7 Max: 45.4 (#34)

BenchmarkGranite 4.2 8BQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Longer Query13231484

Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Max leads

Granite 4.2 8B: 49.8 (#183), Qwen3.7 Max: 65.2 (#52)

BenchmarkGranite 4.2 8BQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Text13191476
LMArena Creative Writing12381450
LMArena Multi-Turn12991482
EQ-Bench 4—1110

Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 4.2 8B better than Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.4 to 40.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.2 8B costs 35× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.7 Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Granite 4.2 8B or Qwen3.7 Max?

Granite 4.2 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.25 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Max lists at $2.50 and $7.50.

Is Granite 4.2 8B or Qwen3.7 Max better for coding?

Qwen3.7 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.2 versus 39.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.7 Max does, with 1M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 8B and Qwen3.7 Max share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 8B has 11 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Max has 33.

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