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Granite 4.2 8B vs Qwen3 Coder Next (medium)

Qwen3 Coder Next (medium) leads on average score with 4.6 vs 4.3. Granite 4.2 8B has the lower benchmark cost at $0.026 vs $0.034. Qwen3 Coder Next (medium) is faster at 9.07s vs 86.27s, with pass rates of 16.7% vs 25.8%.

Last updated at: 2026-09-02

Rank
#285
Total Output Tokens
130,805
Response Time (avg)
86.27s
Total Cost
$0.026
Rank
#277
Total Output Tokens
19,069
Response Time (avg)
9.07s
Total Cost
$0.034
Recommended model Qwen3 Coder Next (medium)

It has the best score here (4.6), while responding about 9.5x faster than Granite 4.2 8B.

Detailed comparison

Metric Granite 4.2 8B Granite 4.2 8B none Release: 2026-09-02 Qwen3 Coder Next Qwen3 Coder Next medium Release: 2026-02-03
Score 4.3 4.6
Rank #285 #277
Reliability 8.6 10.0
Consistency 9.3 8.6
Attempts 66/66 66/66
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 16.7% 25.8%
Flaky tests 2 4
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 0.847 1.058
Total Cost $0.026 $0.034
Input Price $0.100 / 1M $0.120 / 1M
Output Price $0.150 / 1M $0.800 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 57,786 148,203
Output Tokens 130,805 19,069
Reasoning Tokens 0 0
Response Time (avg) 86.27s 9.07s
Response Time (max) 747.17s 81.80s
Response Time (total) 1897.96s 154.19s
Parameters 8B 80B total (3B active)
Availability Open source Open source

Model generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

Prompt: Create a detailed SVG illustration of a hamster playing table tennis.

#285 IBM: Granite 4.2 8B

none
Provider returned error
Cost
$0.000
Time
0.2s
Tokens
0 tok

#277 Qwen3 Coder Next

medium
Invalid SVG
Cost
$0.000
Time
300.0s
Tokens
0 tok

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Category Breakdown

Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Granite 4.2 8B 5.5 10.0 33.3% 0 105.60s 8,358 47,944 0
Qwen3 Coder Next 3.7 7.2 22.2% 1 924ms 7,185 336 0

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