# Granite 4.2 8B vs Grok 4.6

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Granite 4.2 8B and Grok 4.6 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/granite-4-2-8b-vs-grok-4-6
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for Granite 4.2 8B and Grok 4.6.

## Summary

- Granite 4.2 8B 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 8B | Grok 4.6 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | IBM | xAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 500K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 33.4 | 67 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 23 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $2.00 / $6.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 15.7 (Estimated · #113/127)
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 69.9 (Supported · #9/127)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 20.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 58.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | 52.4% | 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 |
| ApprenticeBench | Coming soon | 13% | Coming soon |
| CWE-bench v1 | Coming soon | 57.0% | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | Coming soon | 1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 17.2 (Estimated · #125/150)
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 58.6 (Supported · #23/150)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 47.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 19.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 30.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 20.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 73.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 36.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Bug Hunt Bench | Coming soon | 27.0 fixes | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 65.9% | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 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 |
| CursorBench 4.0 | Coming soon | 41.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 56.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 61.4 (#25/28)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-1 | Coming soon | 87.00% | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Coming soon | 67.1% | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | Coming soon | 2.1% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 30.6 (Supported · #154/184)
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 69.3 (Supported · #18/184)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 64.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 74.0% | 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 8B public-lane score: 86.5 (#41/146)
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | Coming soon | 51.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 70.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 86.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 78.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 65.965% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 31.707% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare Granite 4.2 8B 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.

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