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Granite 4.2 3B

IBM · 3B

Strongest in General intelligence (#159 of 180, on 1 of its 3 boards), weakest in Agents (#292 of 298). Above par in 1 of 14 scopes.

§ 1 · Profile

What it is good at

Bars run from 50 — the average of the models each source lists — so right of the line is above par. The middle column is the gap to whoever leads that scope.

Core abilities42.4#170/200
General intelligence39.1#159/180
Human preference46#240/354
Human preference46#240/354
Agents39.9#292/298
Knowledge work33.8#190/208
Tool use48.2—/81✱
Reasoning48.9—/195✱
Mathematics52.6—/152✱
Science43.8—/122✱
Expert reasoning41—/0✱
Coding47.3—/179✱
Agentic coding47.1—/173✱
Code generation39.8—/20✱

§ 3 · Sources

Where the numbers come from

5 publications, 12 figures. Every one links to the page it was read from.

LMArena Text ↗1 measureread 2026-11-11
LMArena Text 1289
Artificial Analysis ↗1 measureread 2026-11-11
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index 5
GDPval-AA ↗1 measureread 2026-11-11
GDPval-AA 209
AA-Briefcase ↗1 measureread 2026-11-11
AA-Briefcase 99
tau3-Banking 5.6%Terminal-Bench 2.1 13.9%SciCode 24.9%GPQA Diamond 55.9%SWE-bench Verified 32.2%HMMT Feb 2026 57.2%HLE 6.6%BFCL v4 50.8%

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✱ Placed by a one-off publication, not a board that re-ran the model. ✱✱ marks a figure the model’s own publisher printed, which counts for less again. Scores are 0–100 on the PublicAI Index scale, 50 = the average of the models each source lists. Scores belong to their publishers.

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