Granite 4.2 3B vs Grok 4.3 (Medium)

Granite 4.2 3B vs Grok 4.3 (Medium). 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 3BOn the open-weights frontier
Intelligence
9.10
Total cost
$14.9
SpaceXAIGrok 4.3 (Medium)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
24.80
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 3BGrok 4.3 (Medium)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)9.124.8+172.5% Grok 4.3 (Medium) is 2.7× more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$14.91Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)49.98s21.42s−57.1% Grok 4.3 (Medium) is 57.1% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.03 / $0.12$1.25 / $2.50
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