Granite 4.2 3B vs Mixtral 8x7B Instruct

Granite 4.2 3B vs Mixtral 8x7B Instruct. 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
MistralMixtral 8x7B InstructNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
5.10
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 3BMixtral 8x7B InstructDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)9.15.1−44.0% Mixtral 8x7B Instruct is 44.0% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$14.91Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)46.62s20.77s−55.4% Mixtral 8x7B Instruct is 55.4% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.03 / $0.12$0.45 / $0.70
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