# Granite 4.2 30B vs Grok 4.6

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Granite 4.2 30B and Grok 4.6 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/granite-4-2-30b-vs-grok-4-6
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for Granite 4.2 30B and Grok 4.6.

## Summary

- Granite 4.2 30B and Grok 4.6 do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Granite 4.2 30B | Grok 4.6 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | IBM | xAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 500K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 70.08 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 13 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $2.00 / $6.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 69.5 (Supported · #7/152)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30B | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 29.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 62.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | 61.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | Coming soon | 26.5% | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | Coming soon | 57.5% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 78.3% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 66.5 (Supported · #11/151)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30B | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE Multilingual | 41.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 33.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 57% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 29.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 75.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 38.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Bug Hunt Bench | Coming soon | 27 fixes | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 65.9% | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | Coming soon | 70.8% | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Extended | Coming soon | 61.3% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | Coming soon | 87.0% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | Coming soon | 25.3% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 88.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 95.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: 54.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 76.2 (#9/20)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 70.3 (Supported · #12/183)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30B | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 66.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 77.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 94.7% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 89.4% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30B | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 77.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30B | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare Granite 4.2 30B and Grok 4.6 on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

## Related Comparisons

- [Granite 4.2 30B vs Granite 4.2 8B](/compare/granite-4-2-30b-vs-granite-4-2-8b)
- [Grok 4.6 vs Granite 4.2 8B](/compare/granite-4-2-8b-vs-grok-4-6)
- [Granite 4.2 30B vs Granite 4.2 3B](/compare/granite-4-2-30b-vs-granite-4-2-3b)
- [Grok 4.6 vs Granite 4.2 3B](/compare/granite-4-2-3b-vs-grok-4-6)

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