# Granite 4.2 8B vs Qwen3.7 Max

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Granite 4.2 8B and Qwen3.7 Max across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/granite-4-2-8b-vs-qwen3-7-max
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 9
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Qwen3.7 Max leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Qwen3.7 Max has the higher overall point estimate 62.64 to 33.4. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 30.6 for Granite 4.2 8B and 61.2 for Qwen3.7 Max.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE Multilingual in Coding, with scores of 30.8% and 78.3%.
- Qwen3.7 Max is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Qwen3.7 Max also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen3.7 Max |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | IBM | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 33.4 | 62.64 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 43 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 15.7 (Estimated · #113/127)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 40.8 (Supported · #66/127)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 20.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 58.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | 52.4% | 75.0% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 69.7% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 64.3% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 65.2% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 76.4% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 47.9% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 53.5% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 64.27% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 18.7% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 61.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 17.2 (Estimated · #125/150)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 44.1 (Supported · #55/150)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 47.7% | 80.4% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| SWE-bench Pro | 19.1% | 60.6% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| SWE Multilingual | 30.8% | 78.3% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 20.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 73.2% | 91.6% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| SciCode | 36.1% | 53.5% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 47.2% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 69.7% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 53.4% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.1% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 68.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 56.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 82.3 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 90.4% | Coming soon |
| CritPt | Coming soon | 13.4% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Qwen3.7 Max
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 30.6 (Supported · #154/184)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 61.2 (Supported · #46/184)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 64.1% | 92.4% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| MMLU-Pro | 74.0% | 89.6% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 92.4% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 41.4% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 95% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 73.6% | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | Coming soon | 90.3% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 90.2% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 89.3% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 100 (#1/17)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 87% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 59.0% | Coming soon |
| INCLUDE | Coming soon | 86.2% | Coming soon |
| MAXIFE | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| PolyMath | Coming soon | 86.5% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Qwen3.7 Max
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 86.5 (#41/146)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 92.8 (#16/146)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.3% | 79.1% | Granite 4.2 8B |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 94.3% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 79 (#2/12)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 86.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 78.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 97.1% | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 90.0% | Coming soon |
| Apex | Coming soon | 44.5% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 64.561% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 34.146% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Granite 4.2 8B or Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max 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 Qwen3.7 Max?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 30.6 for Granite 4.2 8B and 61.2 for Qwen3.7 Max.

### 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 Qwen3.7 Max cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.7 Max currently has 43 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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