# Granite 4.2 8B vs Sage-A1.5

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Granite 4.2 8B and Sage-A1.5 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/granite-4-2-8b-vs-sage-a1-5
- Last updated: October 20, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Sage-A1.5 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Sage-A1.5 has the higher overall point estimate 62.95 to 32.74. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 15.9 for Granite 4.2 8B and 57.7 for Sage-A1.5.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench Pro in Coding, with scores of 19.1% and 61.2%.
- Sage-A1.5 also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Granite 4.2 8B | Sage-A1.5 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | IBM | InternScience |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 32.74 | 62.95 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 12 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 15.9 (Estimated · #117/132)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 57.7 (Estimated · #36/132)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Sage-A1.5 | 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 |
| GAIA | Coming soon | 95.1% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 81.7% | Coming soon |
| MLE-Bench Lite | Coming soon | 65.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 55.1% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 45.4% | Coming soon |
| PinchBench | Coming soon | 90.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 17.2 (Estimated · #128/153)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 54 (Estimated · #34/153)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 47.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 19.1% | 61.2% | Sage-A1.5 |
| SWE Multilingual | 30.8% | 72.7% | Sage-A1.5 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 20.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 73.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 36.1% | 44.3% | Sage-A1.5 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 55.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 80.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | Coming soon | 20.0% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 30.4 (Supported · #157/187)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 64.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 74.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierScience Research | Coming soon | 48.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Sage-A1.5
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 86.5 (#44/152)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 91.9 (#22/152)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.3% | 81.6% | Sage-A1.5 |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Sage-A1.5 | 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 Sage-A1.5?

Sage-A1.5 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 Sage-A1.5?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 15.9 for Granite 4.2 8B and 57.7 for Sage-A1.5.

### 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 Sage-A1.5 cover on BenchLM?

Sage-A1.5 currently has 12 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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