# Granite 4.2 8B vs Sakana Fugu

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

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

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

## Quick Verdict

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

## Summary

- Sakana Fugu has the higher overall point estimate 70 to 33.4. 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 78.7 for Sakana Fugu.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 20.6% and 80.2%.
- Sakana Fugu is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Sakana Fugu also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Granite 4.2 8B | Sakana Fugu |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | IBM | Sakana AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 33.4 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 15.7 (Estimated · #113/127)
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 20.6% | 80.2% | Sakana Fugu |
| τ³-bench results | 58.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | 52.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 17.2 (Estimated · #125/150)
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 47.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 19.1% | 59% | Sakana Fugu |
| SWE Multilingual | 30.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 20.6% | 80.2% | Sakana Fugu |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 73.2% | 92.9% | Sakana Fugu |
| SciCode | 36.1% | 60.1% | Sakana Fugu |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | Coming soon | 87.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 56.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: 78.7 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: 73.2 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 85.1% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 30.6 (Supported · #154/184)
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 64.1% | 95.5% | Sakana Fugu |
| MMLU-Pro | 74.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 95.5% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 47.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 86.5 (#41/146)
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Sakana Fugu | 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 Sakana Fugu?

Sakana Fugu 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 Sakana Fugu?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 56.8 for Granite 4.2 8B and 78.7 for Sakana Fugu.

### 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 Sakana Fugu cover on BenchLM?

Sakana Fugu currently has 11 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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