IBM

Granite 4.2 30B InstructOpen

IBM Granite 4.2 30B enterprise open foundation model optimized for coding and tool calling.

#289released Jul 20, 2026·Open Weights·30 billion
textimage128K ctx
API providersLeaderboard
Intelligence
58.6 #289
AAQI 51.0
Output speed
78 t/s
TTFT 280 ms · ITL 12.8 ms/tok
Blended price (3:1)
$0.6 /1M
In $0.4/M · Out $1.2/M
Context
128K
≈ 320 A4 pages · max out 8192

Quality Domain Radar

6-Axis Frontier Evaluation vs Category Average & Flagship

Granite 4.2 30B Instruct
Claude Mythos Preview (#1)
Average (68)
Coding (56)Mathematics (54.6)Hard Science (GPQA) (54.5)Agentic & Tool Use (58)Knowledge (MMLU) (52)Vision / Multimodal (56.6)

Radar axes are approximated from category scores where direct benchmark measurements are missing — see Methodology.

API deployment

Compare hosts & latency

Throughput, TTFT and cache pricing across Groq, Cerebras, Together, DeepInfra, Fireworks, Bedrock and Azure.

GroqCerebrasTogether AIDeepInfraFireworks AIAWS BedrockAzure AI
View providers matrix →

Scores by Source

Model Details

Release date
Jul 20, 2026
Parameters
30 billion
License
Open Weights
Context Window
128,000 tokens
Input Price
$0.4/M
Output Price
$1.2/M
Output Speed
78 t/s
Time to First Token
280 ms

Estimated monthly bill

Estimated monthly spend
$0.00
Calculating savings vs GPT-4o...

Cite & embed

GitHub Markdown badge
[![LLMPodium Rank](https://llmpodium.com/badge/granite-4-2-30b/rank.svg)](https://llmpodium.com/models/granite-4-2-30b)
BibTeX
@misc{llmpodium2026granite4230b,
  title = {Benchmark Analysis and Intelligence Evaluation of Granite 4.2 30B Instruct},
  author = {LLMPodium Research},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://llmpodium.com/models/granite-4-2-30b}
}

More from IBM

Alternative Models

Closest alternatives to Granite 4.2 30B Instruct based on capabilities, pricing, and benchmark scores.

0 / 4