GPT-6.1 Sol (High) vs Granite 4.2 30B

Which is better for the money: GPT-6.1 Sol (High) by OpenAI or Granite 4.2 30B by IBM? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.

Trade-off

OpenAIGPT-6.1 Sol (High)On the frontier

Intelligence: 50.20
Total cost: $521

IBMGranite 4.2 30BOff the frontier

Intelligence: 12.70
Total cost: $111

Verdict

Depends on your budget

GPT-6.1 Sol (High) scores 37.5 points higher (50.2 vs 12.7) but costs 4.7× as much to run the benchmark ($521 vs $111; premium vs mid-range cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick GPT-6.1 Sol (High) when you need intelligence above 12.7, and Granite 4.2 30B when 12.7 is enough.

Metric	GPT-6.1 Sol (High)	Granite 4.2 30B	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	50.2	12.7	−74.7% Granite 4.2 30B is 74.7% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$521.32	$110.83	−78.7% Granite 4.2 30B is 78.7% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	43.44s	36.08s	−16.9% Granite 4.2 30B is 16.9% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$2.00 / $10.0	$0.16 / $0.65
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Granite 4.2 30B vs GPT-6.1 Sol (High): 74.7% less intelligence, 78.7% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 16.9% faster end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

GPT-6.1 Sol (High) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
Granite 4.2 30B is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores 37.90 for $110.

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