# Celeris-1 vs Granite 4.2 30B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Celeris-1 and Granite 4.2 30B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/celeris-1-vs-granite-4-2-30b
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Celeris-1 and Granite 4.2 30B share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Granite 4.2 30B has the lower published output-token price.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Celeris-1 | Granite 4.2 30B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Celeris | IBM |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 4 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.20 / $0.70 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Celeris-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Celeris-1 | Granite 4.2 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 29.2% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 62.0% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 61.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Celeris-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Celeris-1 | Granite 4.2 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 41.9% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 33.3% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 57% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 29.2% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 38.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Celeris-1 public-lane score: 47.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: 54.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Celeris-1 | Granite 4.2 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DROP | 81.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Celeris-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Celeris-1 | Granite 4.2 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 75.9% | 77.6% | Granite 4.2 30B |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 66.4% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Celeris-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Celeris-1 | Granite 4.2 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 80.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 77.2% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Celeris-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Celeris-1 | Granite 4.2 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GSM8K | 93.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Celeris-1 and Granite 4.2 30B?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, 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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- [Celeris-1 vs Granite 4.2 3B](/compare/celeris-1-vs-granite-4-2-3b)
- [Granite 4.2 30B vs Granite 4.2 3B](/compare/granite-4-2-30b-vs-granite-4-2-3b)

## Explore More

- [Celeris-1 profile](/models/celeris-1)
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