Granite 4.2 3B vs Llama 3.1 Instruct 8B

Granite 4.2 3B vs Llama 3.1 Instruct 8B. 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 8BNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
6.90
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 8BDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)9.16.9−24.2% Llama 3.1 Instruct 8B is 24.2% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$14.91Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)35.30s4.64s−86.9% Llama 3.1 Instruct 8B is 86.9% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.03 / $0.12$0.04 / $0.07
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