# Granite 4.2 30B vs SWE-1.7

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Granite 4.2 30B and SWE-1.7 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/granite-4-2-30b-vs-swe-1-7
- 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: Granite 4.2 30B and SWE-1.7 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.
- SWE-1.7 has the larger published context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Granite 4.2 30B | SWE-1.7 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | IBM | Cognition |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 4 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- SWE-1.7 public-lane score: 51 (Estimated · #46/152)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30B | SWE-1.7 | 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 2.0 | Coming soon | 81.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- SWE-1.7 public-lane score: 53 (Estimated · #44/151)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30B | SWE-1.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE Multilingual | 41.9% | 77.8% | SWE-1.7 |
| 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 |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | Coming soon | 42.3% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 81.5% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: 54.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- SWE-1.7 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- SWE-1.7 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30B | SWE-1.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 66.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 77.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- SWE-1.7 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30B | SWE-1.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 77.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- SWE-1.7 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 30B | SWE-1.7 | 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 SWE-1.7?

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.

## Related Comparisons

- [Granite 4.2 30B vs Granite 4.2 8B](/compare/granite-4-2-30b-vs-granite-4-2-8b)
- [SWE-1.7 vs Granite 4.2 8B](/compare/granite-4-2-8b-vs-swe-1-7)
- [Granite 4.2 30B vs Granite 4.2 3B](/compare/granite-4-2-30b-vs-granite-4-2-3b)
- [SWE-1.7 vs Granite 4.2 3B](/compare/granite-4-2-3b-vs-swe-1-7)

## Explore More

- [Granite 4.2 30B profile](/models/granite-4-2-30b)
- [SWE-1.7 profile](/models/swe-1-7)
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