# Granite 4.2 30B vs Qwen3 235B 2507

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Granite 4.2 30B and Qwen3 235B 2507 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/granite-4-2-30b-vs-qwen3-235b-2507
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Granite 4.2 30B and Qwen3 235B 2507 share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Granite 4.2 30B | Qwen3 235B 2507 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | IBM | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 53.73 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 4 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B 2507 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30B | Qwen3 235B 2507 | 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 |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B 2507 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30B | Qwen3 235B 2507 | 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 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: 54.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3 235B 2507 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B 2507 public-lane score: 45.7 (Estimated · #105/183)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30B | Qwen3 235B 2507 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 66.4% | 77.5% | Qwen3 235B 2507 |
| MMLU-Pro | 77.6% | 83% | Qwen3 235B 2507 |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 62.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B 2507 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30B | Qwen3 235B 2507 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 77.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B 2507 public-lane score: 1 (#12/12)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30B | Qwen3 235B 2507 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 79.4% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B 2507 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30B | Qwen3 235B 2507 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Granite 4.2 30B and Qwen3 235B 2507?

Not yet. The models share only 2 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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- [Qwen3 235B 2507 vs Granite 4.2 8B](/compare/granite-4-2-8b-vs-qwen3-235b-2507)
- [Granite 4.2 30B vs Granite 4.2 3B](/compare/granite-4-2-30b-vs-granite-4-2-3b)
- [Qwen3 235B 2507 vs Granite 4.2 3B](/compare/granite-4-2-3b-vs-qwen3-235b-2507)

## Explore More

- [Granite 4.2 30B profile](/models/granite-4-2-30b)
- [Qwen3 235B 2507 profile](/models/qwen3-235b-2507)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
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- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)