# Granite 4.2 8B vs Mistral Small 3.2

> Granite 4.2 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

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

## Summary

- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 4.2 8B leads 37.7 to 26.8.
- Granite 4.2 8B is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.25 per million input/output tokens, against $0.0938 / $0.25 for Mistral Small 3.2.
- Mistral Small 3.2 accepts more context: 256K tokens versus 131K.

## Snapshot

| | Granite 4.2 8B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 40.0 | 30.8 |
| Rank | 143 | 271 |
| Context | 131K | 256K |
| Input $/M | $0.06 | $0.0938 |
| Output $/M | $0.25 | $0.25 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Granite 4.2 8B: 39.9 (#138)
- Mistral Small 3.2: —

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1379 | — |

## Reasoning

- Granite 4.2 8B: 25.5 (#130)
- Mistral Small 3.2: 17.5 (#282)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 40.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1327 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 131.73 |

## Math

- Granite 4.2 8B: —
- Mistral Small 3.2: 24.9 (#251)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 30.3% |

## Knowledge

- Granite 4.2 8B: 37.7 (#144)
- Mistral Small 3.2: 26.8 (#249)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 49.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1380 | — |

## Multilingual

- Granite 4.2 8B: 44.5 (#173)
- Mistral Small 3.2: —

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1299 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1361 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1283 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Granite 4.2 8B: 68.7 (#183)
- Mistral Small 3.2: —

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1298 | — |

## Long Context

- Granite 4.2 8B: 40.2 (#154)
- Mistral Small 3.2: —

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1323 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Granite 4.2 8B: 49.8 (#183)
- Mistral Small 3.2: 45.1 (#219)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1319 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1238 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1255 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1299 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Granite 4.2 8B better than Mistral Small 3.2?

Granite 4.2 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Granite 4.2 8B or Mistral Small 3.2?

Granite 4.2 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.25 per million output tokens; Mistral Small 3.2 lists at $0.0938 and $0.25.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Small 3.2 does, with 256K tokens against 131K.

### How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 8B and Mistral Small 3.2 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 8B has 11 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.2 has 6.