Model comparison

Granite 4.2 8B vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 40.5 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.2 8B costs 6.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.7 Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 11 shared benchmarks.

Granite 4.2 8B IBM

40.5

Rank #148 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Plus

Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #72 Confirmed

Summary

They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.2 8B scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3.7 Plus in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.7 Plus leads 54.9 to 38.4.
Granite 4.2 8B is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.25 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $1.60 for Qwen3.7 Plus.
Qwen3.7 Plus 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 8B and Qwen3.7 Plus specifications
	Granite 4.2 8B	Qwen3.7 Plus
Provider	IBM	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	40.5	45.3
Released	—	2026-06-02
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	131K	1M
Max output	118K	131K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.06	$0.40
Output $ / M tokens	$0.25	$1.60
Results tracked	11	32

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Category by category

Coding Granite 4.2 8B leads

Granite 4.2 8B: 40.5 (#137), Qwen3.7 Plus: 36.6 (#206)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Coding	1380	1473
FrontierCode	—	10.2%
SciCode	—	45.5%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Granite 4.2 8B: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 21.4 (#138)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Qwen3.7 Plus
OSWorld 2.0	—	2.8%

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Granite 4.2 8B: 26.6 (#131), Qwen3.7 Plus: 39.3 (#59)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Hard Prompts	1329	1460
NYT Connections (extended)	—	74.8%
CritPt	—	9.1%
Chess Puzzles	—	24%
Mystery Game Puzzles	—	17%
DTBench	—	84%
LMCA	—	37.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index	—	147.37

Math Not comparable

Granite 4.2 8B: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 50.5 (#56)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Qwen3.7 Plus
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)	—	34.4%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	—	93.3%
LMArena Math	—	1466

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Granite 4.2 8B: 38.4 (#145), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.9 (#51)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Expert	1384	1467
GPQA Diamond	—	87.9%

Multimodal Not comparable

Granite 4.2 8B: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 41.8 (#33)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision	—	1279
LMArena Document	—	1444

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Granite 4.2 8B: 44.5 (#178), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.8 (#38)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Non-English	1302	1445
LMArena Chinese	1366	1510
LMArena Russian	1285	1457
LMArena French	—	1473
LMArena German	—	1471
LMArena Japanese	—	1413
LMArena Korean	—	1415
LMArena Spanish	—	1457

Instruction Following Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Granite 4.2 8B: 68.7 (#184), Qwen3.7 Plus: 75.8 (#52)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following	1301	1440

Long Context Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Granite 4.2 8B: 40.3 (#159), Qwen3.7 Plus: 44.5 (#65)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Longer Query	1324	1455

Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Granite 4.2 8B: 49.6 (#189), Qwen3.7 Plus: 64.3 (#56)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Granite 4.2 8B	Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text	1320	1455
LMArena Creative Writing	1236	1439
LMArena Multi-Turn	1301	1460

Frequently asked questions

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

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

Granite 4.2 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.25 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Plus lists at $0.40 and $1.60.

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

Granite 4.2 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.5 versus 36.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

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

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

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 8B has 11 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Plus has 32.