Granite 4.2 3B vs Inkling (Xhigh)

Granite 4.2 3B vs Inkling (Xhigh). 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
Thinking MachinesInkling (Xhigh)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
25.00
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 3BInkling (Xhigh)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)9.125.0+174.7% Inkling (Xhigh) is 2.7× more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$14.91Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)35.30s14.41s−59.2% Inkling (Xhigh) is 59.2% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.03 / $0.12$1.00 / $4.05
Input modalitiesTextText, Image, Speech
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