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granite 4.2 3b vs gpt-oss-safeguard-20b
Live dataset updated 9/9/2026, 9:50:24 PM UTC
Open 1200×630 evidence receipt| Field | granite 4.2 3b IBM Granite | gpt-oss-safeguard-20b OpenAI |
|---|---|---|
| ModelCap position | #134 | #137 |
| Index score | 26.1 | 24.5 |
| Evidence | Measured3 public benchmark observations across 3 boards | Inheritedfinetune of openai/gpt-oss-20b · fp4 (100%) |
| Input / 1M | Unavailable | $0.075 |
| Output / 1M | Unavailable | $0.30 |
| Pricing status | unavailable | fresh |
| Context | 131K | 131K |
| Providers | 0 | 1 |
| Weight access | Open weights | Open weights |
Decision facts
- granite 4.2 3b is #134; gpt-oss-safeguard-20b is #137 on the same current language board.
- Index scores are 26.1 for granite 4.2 3b and 24.5 for gpt-oss-safeguard-20b. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.
- Evidence differs: granite 4.2 3b is Measured; gpt-oss-safeguard-20b is Inherited.
- Published context is 131,072 tokens for granite 4.2 3b and 131,072 for gpt-oss-safeguard-20b.
- ModelCap currently lists 0 providers for granite 4.2 3b and 1 for gpt-oss-safeguard-20b.
These are separate published fields, not a synthetic winner. ModelCap does not collapse price, access, context, and capability evidence into a hidden recommendation score.
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