Granite 4.2 3B vs Qwen3.5 27B (Reasoning)

Granite 4.2 3B vs Qwen3.5 27B (Reasoning). 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
AlibabaQwen3.5 27B (Reasoning)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
22.90
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 3BQwen3.5 27B (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)9.122.9+151.6% Qwen3.5 27B (Reasonin… is 2.5× more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$14.91Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)62.62s37.90s−39.5% Qwen3.5 27B (Reasonin… is 39.5% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.03 / $0.12$0.30 / $2.40
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