# Granite 4.2 30B vs LLaDA2.2-flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Granite 4.2 30B and LLaDA2.2-flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/granite-4-2-30b-vs-llada2-2-flash
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Granite 4.2 30B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LLaDA2.2-flash only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Granite 4.2 30B leads overall 50 to 0.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE Multilingual in Coding, with scores of 41.9% and 25%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Granite 4.2 30B | LLaDA2.2-flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | IBM | InclusionAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 128K |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 8 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- LLaDA2.2-flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30B | LLaDA2.2-flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 29.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 62.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | 61.4% | 60.8% | Granite 4.2 30B |
| τ²-bench results | Coming soon | 80.3% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 64.2% | Coming soon |
| PinchBench | Coming soon | 81.7% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 46.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- LLaDA2.2-flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30B | LLaDA2.2-flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE Multilingual | 41.9% | 25% | Granite 4.2 30B |
| SWE-bench Pro | 33.3% | 30.1% | Granite 4.2 30B |
| SWE-bench Verified | 57% | 49.3% | Granite 4.2 30B |
| 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 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: 54.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- LLaDA2.2-flash public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- LLaDA2.2-flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30B | LLaDA2.2-flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 66.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 77.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- LLaDA2.2-flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30B | LLaDA2.2-flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 77.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- LLaDA2.2-flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30B | LLaDA2.2-flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Granite 4.2 30B or LLaDA2.2-flash?

Granite 4.2 30B is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does Granite 4.2 30B cover on BenchLM?

Granite 4.2 30B currently has 14 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does LLaDA2.2-flash cover on BenchLM?

LLaDA2.2-flash currently has 8 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [Granite 4.2 30B vs Granite 4.2 8B](/compare/granite-4-2-30b-vs-granite-4-2-8b)
- [LLaDA2.2-flash vs Granite 4.2 8B](/compare/granite-4-2-8b-vs-llada2-2-flash)
- [Granite 4.2 30B vs Granite 4.2 3B](/compare/granite-4-2-30b-vs-granite-4-2-3b)
- [LLaDA2.2-flash vs Granite 4.2 3B](/compare/granite-4-2-3b-vs-llada2-2-flash)

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