Granite 4.2 3B vs Llama 3.1 Instruct 70B

Granite 4.2 3B 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 3BOn the open-weights frontier
Intelligence
9.10
Total cost
$14.9
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 3BLlama 3.1 Instruct 70BDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)9.16.6−27.5% Llama 3.1 Instruct 70B is 27.5% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$14.91Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)35.30s14.53s−58.8% Llama 3.1 Instruct 70B is 58.8% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.03 / $0.12$0.56 / $0.56
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