# A.X K2 vs Granite 4.2 3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for A.X K2 and Granite 4.2 3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/a-x-k2-vs-granite-4-2-3b
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: A.X K2 and Granite 4.2 3B share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- A.X K2 has the larger published context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | A.X K2 | Granite 4.2 3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | SK Telecom | IBM |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 9 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- A.X K2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | A.X K2 | Granite 4.2 3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 36.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 45.8% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 52.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- A.X K2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | A.X K2 | Granite 4.2 3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 84.0% | 69.7% | A.X K2 |
| SciCode | 41% | 24.1% | A.X K2 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 36.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- A.X K2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 3B public-lane score: 37.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- A.X K2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | A.X K2 | Granite 4.2 3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE | 27.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 54.8% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 67.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- A.X K2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | A.X K2 | Granite 4.2 3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 75.9% | 74.3% | A.X K2 |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- A.X K2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | A.X K2 | Granite 4.2 3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 97.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Apex | 45.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Apex Shortlist | 88.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 78.3% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 66.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between A.X K2 and Granite 4.2 3B?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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- [Granite 4.2 3B vs Granite 4.2 8B](/compare/granite-4-2-3b-vs-granite-4-2-8b)

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- [A.X K2 profile](/models/a-x-k2)
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