Celeris-1 vs Granite 4.2 3B
Which is better for the money: Celeris-1 by Celeris or Granite 4.2 3B by IBM? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Granite 4.2 3B
Granite 4.2 3B vs Celeris-1: 44.4% more intelligence, 75.1% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 3957.5% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Celeris-1 | Granite 4.2 3B | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 6.3 | 9.1 | +44.4% Granite 4.2 3B is 44.4% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $59.99 | $14.91 | −75.1% Granite 4.2 3B is 75.1% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 0.87s | 35.30s | +3957.5% Granite 4.2 3B is 3957.5% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.20 / $0.70 | $0.03 / $0.12 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Celeris-1 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium) scores 34.50 for $56.4.
- 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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