BenchLeader

Granite 4.2 3B

Best configuration ranks #350 of 610 on the BenchLeader Index at 47.6 ±5.2. Last measured 2 Sept 2026. Released 25 Aug 2026.

Blended price
$0.053/M
$0.030 in · $0.120 out
Output speed
215 tok/s
First answer
9.75 s
Context
131k
How it scores by categoryDashed line = average model (50). One step of 15 = one standard deviation.
  1. Overall index48
  2. Reasoning47
  3. Coding51
  4. Knowledge57
  5. Human preference46
  6. Long context37
  7. Composite40

Benchmark results

One column per reasoning effort. Rank is among every configuration of every model on that benchmark. Hover a score for the run it came from.

Reasoning

Coding

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LMArena Coding1380#192LMArena
SciCode (AA)not in index25.4%#153Artificial Analysis

Knowledge

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AA-Omniscience-14.7#162Artificial Analysis

Human preference

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LMArena Text1296#234LMArena

Long context

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AA-LCR24.3%#343Artificial Analysis

Composite

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AA Intelligence Index9.1#337Artificial Analysis

What a task costs

Estimates from list price, output speed and time to first answer for the best configuration. “With caching” assumes three-quarters of the input is served from the prompt cache. Reasoning tokens are not modelled.

WorkloadTokens in / outCostWith cachingTime
Chat reply400 / 300$0.000011.1 s
Summarise a 30-page report12,000 / 600$0.000412.5 s
Code edit6,000 / 1,500$0.000416.7 s
Agentic coding session60,000 / 4,000$0.002328.3 s
Structured extraction2,000 / 200$0.000110.7 s

See also

Data as of 9 Sept 2026. Compare with another model.