# Granite 4.2 3b vs Phi-1.5

> Granite 4.2 3b has enough public results to be ranked (#169); Phi-1.5 does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/granite-4-2-3b-vs-phi-1-5
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Snapshot

| | Granite 4.2 3b | Phi-1.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 39.4 | — |
| Rank | 169 | — |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Granite 4.2 3b: 40.0 (#151)
- Phi-1.5: —

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Phi-1.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1361 | — |

## Reasoning

- Granite 4.2 3b: 26.0 (#138)
- Phi-1.5: —

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Phi-1.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1306 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 91.53 |
| HellaSwag | — | 47.6% |
| WinoGrande | — | 73.4% |

## Knowledge

- Granite 4.2 3b: 36.3 (#171)
- Phi-1.5: —

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Phi-1.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1315 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 44.4% |
| BoolQ | — | 75.8% |
| MMLU | — | 37.6% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 37.2% |

## Multilingual

- Granite 4.2 3b: 42.1 (#198)
- Phi-1.5: —

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Phi-1.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1268 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1269 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1249 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Granite 4.2 3b: 67.1 (#200)
- Phi-1.5: —

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Phi-1.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1273 | — |

## Long Context

- Granite 4.2 3b: 39.2 (#185)
- Phi-1.5: —

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Phi-1.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1291 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Granite 4.2 3b: 47.2 (#212)
- Phi-1.5: —

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Phi-1.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1293 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1205 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1290 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Granite 4.2 3b better than Phi-1.5?

Granite 4.2 3b has enough public results to be ranked (#169); Phi-1.5 does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 3b and Phi-1.5 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 3b has 11 scored results on Noometry and Phi-1.5 has 7.