Granite 4.2 3B vs Llama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision)

Granite 4.2 3B 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 3BOn the open-weights frontier
Intelligence
9.10
Total cost
$14.9
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 3BLlama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)9.15.4−40.7% Llama 3.2 Instruct 11… is 40.7% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$14.91Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)49.98s20.30s−59.4% Llama 3.2 Instruct 11… is 59.4% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.03 / $0.12$0.34 / $0.34
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