Granite 4.2 30B vs Llama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision)

Granite 4.2 30B vs Llama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision). 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 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
5.40
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 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)12.75.4−57.5% Llama 3.2 Instruct 11… is 57.5% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$110.83Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)57.71s20.32s−64.8% Llama 3.2 Instruct 11… is 64.8% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.16 / $0.65$0.34 / $0.34
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