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granite 4.2 30b vs Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct

granite 4.2 30b (IBM Granite) and Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct (NVIDIA) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 9 September 2026

As of 9 September 2026, granite 4.2 30b holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#131 vs #134); and granite 4.2 30b ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose granite 4.2 30b if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #131 against #134 (32.5 vs 30.5 points).
  • you want to self-host: granite 4.2 30b ships open weights while Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct is restricted license.
  • you want the more recently listed model — granite 4.2 30b was listed 7 August 2026, Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct 14 January 2026.

Choose Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct if…

  • ModelCap publishes no field on which Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct leads granite 4.2 30b for this pair.

granite 4.2 30b vs Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of granite 4.2 30b and Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct
Fieldgranite 4.2 30bIBM GraniteNemotron Research GooseReason 4B InstructNVIDIA
ModelCap Index position#131#134
Index score32.530.5
EvidenceMeasuredInherited
Input price / 1M tokensUnlistedUnlisted
Output price / 1M tokensUnlistedUnlisted
Context window131K tokens— tokens
Max output tokens——
API providers listed00
Weight accessOpen weightsRestricted license
Input modalitiesTextText
First listed7 August 202614 January 2026
PublisherIBM GraniteNVIDIA

Evidence: 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards · finetune of Qwen/Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507 · finetune (100%). Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: granite 4.2 30b vs Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct

Public benchmark boards where granite 4.2 30b or Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct has a published result
Boardgranite 4.2 30bNemotron Research GooseReason 4B InstructLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)13961375–1417—Only one result
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Artificial Analysis26.6%terminal-bench:2.1:terminus-2:e2b:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Granite 4.2 30B":reasoning=true—Only one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis11.2%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Granite 4.2 30B":reasoning=true—Only one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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granite 4.2 30b vs Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct: common questions

Is granite 4.2 30b better than Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct?

granite 4.2 30b ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 9 September 2026: #131 against #134. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is granite 4.2 30b cheaper than Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, granite 4.2 30b or Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct?

Both publish a 131K-token context window.

Which is better for coding, granite 4.2 30b or Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are granite 4.2 30b and Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct open-weight models?

granite 4.2 30b: Open weights. Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct: Restricted license. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run granite 4.2 30b and Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for granite 4.2 30b and 0 for Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this granite 4.2 30b vs Nemotron Research GooseReason 4B Instruct comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 9 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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