Granite 4.2 8B vs Qwen3.7 Plus
Qwen3.7 Plus leads Granite 4.2 8B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 25.2 to 11.1, and Granite 4.2 8B costs 6.4x less per output token ($0.20 vs $1.28 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 27 benchmarks have a result for both.
Granite 4.2 8B or Qwen3.7 Plus: which to pick
Only Qwen3.7 Plus has a coding score, 33.2 on the Vibe Coding Index; Granite 4.2 8B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Granite 4.2 8B for output tokens 6.4x cheaper ($0.20 vs $1.28 per million).
- Shared results
- 27
- Granite 4.2 8B only
- 0
- Qwen3.7 Plus only
- 48
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only Qwen3.7 Plus has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Qwen3.7 Plus
Qwen3.7 Plus leads, 25.2 against 11.1.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
Qwen3.7 Plus
Qwen3.7 Plus leads, 17.5 against 1.3.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Qwen3.7 Plus has a Design Arena: websites result, 1269.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Qwen3.7 Plus
Qwen3.7 Plus takes 1M tokens against 131K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Granite 4.2 8B
Granite 4.2 8B $0.0002, Qwen3.7 Plus $0.0010 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Granite 4.2 8B not benchmarked, Qwen3.7 Plus 33.2 from 2 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- General, 25.5 points apart on average over 12 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- LMArena Text: creative writing: Granite 4.2 8B 1236 against Qwen3.7 Plus 1438, 33.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Granite 4.2 8B $0.20 against Qwen3.7 Plus $1.28 per million output tokens, 6.4x apart.
- Context window
- Granite 4.2 8B takes 131K tokens, Qwen3.7 Plus 1M.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Granite 4.2 8B | Bars | Qwen3.7 Plus | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 4 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 5 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 4 | ||
| General | 0 | 12 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 27 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index04
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Coding Index | 22.4 | 55.9 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 46.4% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 12.9% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 52.8% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 54.3% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| SciCode | 31.5% | 46.1% | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 47.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| FrontierCode | Not measured | 10.2% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1378 | 1473 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1367 | 1473 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| Neither model has a result on the other 33 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 11.1 | 25.2 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 147.0 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.3 | 17.5 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 38.2% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 10.5% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 16.4% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 49.3% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 93.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Not measured | 2.8% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 35 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 63.1% | 90.0% | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 9.7% | 35.6% | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 87.9% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 17.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1327 | 1460 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1386 | 1466 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1345 | 1460 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1292 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1295 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 93.3% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 34.4% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1467 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1470 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | Not measured | 66.2% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1336 | 1464 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1336 | 1464 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1327 | 1451 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1322 | 1435 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1269 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1258 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1262 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1277 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1238 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1268 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1207 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1143 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index012
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | Not measured | 39.3% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Vals Multimodal Index | Not measured | 53.9% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| IFBench | Not measured | 78.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 45.0% | 73.0% | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| DTBench | Not measured | 84.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 37.6% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text | 1319 | 1454 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1300 | 1439 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1236 | 1438 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1278 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1337 | 1458 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1301 | 1445 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1367 | 1509 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1471 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1412 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1413 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1472 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1457 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1282 | 1457 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1449 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1301 | 1459 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1325 | 1454 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1269 | 1437 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1271 | 1422 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1280 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1332 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1288 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1261 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1258 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Document | Not measured | 1444 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Granite 4.2 8B costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Granite 4.2 8B costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Granite 4.2 8B costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | IBM Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | IBM Granite | Qwen |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | August 31, 2026 | June 3, 2026 |
| Context window | 131K | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.08 | $0.32 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.20 | $1.28 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 33.2 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 2 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Granite 4.2 8B better than Qwen3.7 Plus for coding?
Only Qwen3.7 Plus has a coding score, 33.2 on the Vibe Coding Index; Granite 4.2 8B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Granite 4.2 8B for output tokens 6.4x cheaper ($0.20 vs $1.28 per million).
Which is cheaper, Granite 4.2 8B or Qwen3.7 Plus?
Granite 4.2 8B costs $0.08 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Plus costs $0.32 and $1.28. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Granite 4.2 8B or Qwen3.7 Plus?
Qwen3.7 Plus, with 1M tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks is the Granite 4.2 8B vs Qwen3.7 Plus comparison based on?
27 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Granite 4.2 8B's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Qwen3.7 Plus's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.