# Apodex 1.1 vs Granite 4.2 8B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Apodex 1.1 and Granite 4.2 8B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/apodex-1-1-vs-granite-4-2-8b
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Apodex 1.1 and Granite 4.2 8B 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.
- Granite 4.2 8B has the lower published output-token price.
- Granite 4.2 8B has the larger published context window at 128K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Apodex 1.1 | Granite 4.2 8B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Apodex | IBM |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | N/A | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 50.22 | 33.4 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Apodex 1.1 public-lane score: 47.1 (Estimated · #54/127)
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 15.7 (Estimated · #113/127)

| Benchmark | Apodex 1.1 | Granite 4.2 8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 70.8% | 20.6% | Apodex 1.1 |
| HLE w/ tools | 56.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | 38.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 92.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 58.1% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 52.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Apodex 1.1 public-lane score: 42 (Estimated · #61/150)
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 17.2 (Estimated · #125/150)

| Benchmark | Apodex 1.1 | Granite 4.2 8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 70.8% | 20.6% | Apodex 1.1 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.7% | 47.7% | Apodex 1.1 |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 19.1% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 30.8% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 73.2% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 36.1% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Apodex 1.1 public-lane score: 80.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 56.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Apodex 1.1 public-lane score: 81.1 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Apodex 1.1 public-lane score: 55.5 (Supported · #57/184)
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 30.6 (Supported · #154/184)

| Benchmark | Apodex 1.1 | Granite 4.2 8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE | 56.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierScience Research | 63.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BioMysteryBench (human-difficult) | 35.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 64.1% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 74.0% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Apodex 1.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 86.5 (#41/146)

| Benchmark | Apodex 1.1 | Granite 4.2 8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.3% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Apodex 1.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Apodex 1.1 | Granite 4.2 8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IMO 2026 | 31/42 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 86.7% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 78.3% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Apodex 1.1 and Granite 4.2 8B?

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 8B vs Granite 4.2 30B](/compare/granite-4-2-30b-vs-granite-4-2-8b)

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