# Granite 4.2 8B vs Mistral Medium 3.1

> Granite 4.2 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/granite-4-2-8b-vs-mistral-medium-3-1
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Granite 4.2 8B leads 25.5 to 10.1.
- Granite 4.2 8B is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.25 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $2 for Mistral Medium 3.1.
- Granite 4.2 8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Granite 4.2 8B | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 40.0 | 31.5 |
| Rank | 143 | 260 |
| Context | 131K | 131K |
| Input $/M | $0.06 | $0.40 |
| Output $/M | $0.25 | $2 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Granite 4.2 8B: 39.9 (#138)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1379 | — |

## Reasoning

- Granite 4.2 8B: 25.5 (#130)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.1 (#336)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 6.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 20.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1327 | — |

## Knowledge

- Granite 4.2 8B: 37.7 (#144)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1380 | — |

## Multilingual

- Granite 4.2 8B: 44.5 (#173)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1299 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1361 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1283 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Granite 4.2 8B: 68.7 (#183)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1298 | — |

## Long Context

- Granite 4.2 8B: 40.2 (#154)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1323 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Granite 4.2 8B: 49.8 (#183)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.6 (#140)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1319 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1238 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1476 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1299 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Granite 4.2 8B better than Mistral Medium 3.1?

Granite 4.2 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Granite 4.2 8B or Mistral Medium 3.1?

Granite 4.2 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.25 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium 3.1 lists at $0.40 and $2.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 131K tokens.

### How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 8B and Mistral Medium 3.1 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 8B has 11 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3.