Granite 4.2 30B vs Llama 3.1 Instruct 70B

Granite 4.2 30B vs Llama 3.1 Instruct 70B. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

IBMGranite 4.2 30BOff the frontier
Intelligence
12.70
Total cost
$111
MetaLlama 3.1 Instruct 70BNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
6.60
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricGranite 4.2 30BLlama 3.1 Instruct 70BDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)12.76.6−48.0% Llama 3.1 Instruct 70B is 48.0% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$110.83Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)65.24s14.55s−77.7% Llama 3.1 Instruct 70B is 77.7% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.16 / $0.65$0.56 / $0.56
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