# Granite 4.2 8B vs Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Granite 4.2 8B and Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/granite-4-2-8b-vs-ornith-1-5-35b-a3b
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B has the higher overall point estimate 34.54 to 33.4. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 15.7 for Granite 4.2 8B and 27.3 for Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 20.6% and 67.8%.
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Granite 4.2 8B | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | IBM | Ornith AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 33.4 | 34.54 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 18 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 15.7 (Estimated · #113/127)
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 27.3 (Estimated · #100/127)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 20.6% | 67.8% | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B |
| τ³-bench results | 58.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | 52.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 33.4% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 70.2% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 48.7% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 67.8% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 67.6% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 72.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 17.2 (Estimated · #125/150)
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 24 (Estimated · #109/150)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 47.7% | 79% | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B |
| SWE-bench Pro | 19.1% | 59.6% | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B |
| SWE Multilingual | 30.8% | 71.4% | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 20.6% | 67.8% | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 73.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 36.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 22.0% | Coming soon |
| frontierBench | Coming soon | 5.1% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 46.2% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 56.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 30.6 (Supported · #154/184)
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 38.2 (Estimated · #123/184)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 64.1% | 89.2% | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B |
| MMLU-Pro | 74.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 25.6% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 25.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 86.5 (#41/146)
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 86.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 78.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Granite 4.2 8B or Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B?

Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Granite 4.2 8B and Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 15.7 for Granite 4.2 8B and 27.3 for Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B.

### How many benchmarks does Granite 4.2 8B cover on BenchLM?

Granite 4.2 8B currently has 14 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B cover on BenchLM?

Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B currently has 18 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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