Apodex 1.1 vs Granite 4.2 3B

Which is better for the money: Apodex 1.1 by Apodex or Granite 4.2 3B by IBM? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.

Trade-off

ApodexApodex 1.1Off the frontier

Intelligence: 26.40
Total cost: $939

IBMGranite 4.2 3BOn the open-weights frontier

Intelligence: 9.10
Total cost: $14.9

Verdict

Depends on your budget

Apodex 1.1 scores 17.3 points higher (26.4 vs 9.1) but costs 63× as much to run the benchmark ($939 vs $14.9; premium vs budget cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Apodex 1.1 when you need intelligence above 9.1, and Granite 4.2 3B when 9.1 is enough.

Metric	Apodex 1.1	Granite 4.2 3B	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	26.4	9.1	−65.5% Granite 4.2 3B is 65.5% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$939.06	$14.91	−98.4% Granite 4.2 3B is 98.4% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	Not reported	49.98s	— not comparable
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$0.30 / $3.00	$0.03 / $0.12
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Granite 4.2 3B vs Apodex 1.1: 65.5% less intelligence, 98.4% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and end-to-end time not fully reported.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

Apodex 1.1 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) scores 51.00 for $662.
Granite 4.2 3B is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Low) scores 21.50 for $10.6.

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