# Granite 4.2 8B vs Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning)

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Granite 4.2 8B and Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/granite-4-2-8b-vs-qwen3-235b-a22b-reasoning
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Granite 4.2 8B and Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) 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 8B | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | IBM | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 33.57 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 16.2 (Estimated · #111/124)
- Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) | 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 |
| BFCL v3 | Coming soon | 70.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 17.3 (Estimated · #123/148)
- Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) | 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 |
| LiveCodeBench v5 | Coming soon | 70.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 56.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 30.7 (Supported · #150/181)
- Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 64.1% | 71.1% | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) |
| MMLU-Pro | 74.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 92.7% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 89.6% | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| INCLUDE | Coming soon | 78.7% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 86.5 (#41/128)
- Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 83.4% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 86.7% | 81.5% | Granite 4.2 8B |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 78.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 98% | Coming soon |
| AIME 2024 | Coming soon | 85.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Granite 4.2 8B and Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning)?

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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