# Granite 4.2 8B vs Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Granite 4.2 8B and Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/granite-4-2-8b-vs-reflection-beam-nvfp4
- Last updated: October 16, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 has the higher overall point estimate 70 to 33.09. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 56.8 for Granite 4.2 8B and 85.5 for Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 20.6% and 78.4%.
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Granite 4.2 8B | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | IBM | Reflection AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 33.09 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 19 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 15.6 (Estimated · #113/128)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 20.6% | 78.4% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 |
| τ³-bench results | 58.1% | 35.4% | Granite 4.2 8B |
| BFCL v4 | 52.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 51.1% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 80.5% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 75.6% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 81.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 17.3 (Estimated · #125/150)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 47.7% | 80.7% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 19.1% | 65.6% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 |
| SWE Multilingual | 30.8% | 77.5% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 20.6% | 78.4% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 73.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 36.1% | 46.9% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 42.7% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA | Coming soon | 31.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 56.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: 85.5 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | Coming soon | 15.4% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 67.2% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 30.5 (Supported · #154/184)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 64.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 74.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 89.3% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 34.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Tie
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 86.5 (#42/148)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: 86.2 (#44/148)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.3% | 79.2% | Granite 4.2 8B |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: 87.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 86.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 78.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 97.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Granite 4.2 8B or Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4?

Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 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 Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 56.8 for Granite 4.2 8B and 85.5 for Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4.

### 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 Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 cover on BenchLM?

Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 currently has 19 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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