# Granite 4.2 3b vs Yi-Large

> Granite 4.2 3b has enough public results to be ranked (#163); Yi-Large does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/granite-4-2-3b-vs-yi-large
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in coding, where Granite 4.2 3b leads 39.4 to 36.1.
- Granite 4.2 3b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Granite 4.2 3b | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 39.0 | 37.6 |
| Rank | 163 | — |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Granite 4.2 3b: 39.4 (#146)
- Yi-Large: 36.1 (#201)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 37.7% |
| LMArena Coding | 1363 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 47.2% |

## Reasoning

- Granite 4.2 3b: 25.0 (#136)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1308 | — |

## Knowledge

- Granite 4.2 3b: 35.6 (#169)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1313 | — |
| MMLU | — | 79.3% |

## Multilingual

- Granite 4.2 3b: 42.4 (#193)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1268 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1268 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1249 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Granite 4.2 3b: 67.2 (#195)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1271 | — |

## Long Context

- Granite 4.2 3b: 39.3 (#179)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1293 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Granite 4.2 3b: 47.9 (#202)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1295 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1215 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1293 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Granite 4.2 3b better than Yi-Large?

Granite 4.2 3b has enough public results to be ranked (#163); Yi-Large does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is Granite 4.2 3b or Yi-Large better for coding?

Granite 4.2 3b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.4 versus 36.1 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 3b and Yi-Large share?

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