Which is better, DeepSeek-V3.2 or Granite 4.2 3B?

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Which is better, DeepSeek-V3.2 or Granite 4.2 3B?: Across 6 shared benchmarks, DeepSeek-V3.2 scores higher on 6 and Granite 4.2 3B on 0. The widest gap is scicode, where DeepSeek-V3.2 scores 39 against 24.1.

DeepSeek-V3.2 vs Granite 4.2 3B

Across 6 shared benchmarks, DeepSeek-V3.2 scores higher on 6 and Granite 4.2 3B on 0. The widest gap is scicode, where DeepSeek-V3.2 scores 39 against 24.1.

DeepSeekvsIBM6 shared benchmarks6–0 head-to-head

Benchmark	DeepSeek-V3.2	Granite 4.2 3B
AIME25 no tools	89.3	78.3
GPQA Diamond	84	54.8
LiveCodeBench v6	83.3	69.7
MMLU-Pro	86	67.8
scicode	39	24.1
τ³-Bench	69.2	51

Best tracked score per model per benchmark (default configuration; source-attributed). ↓ marks lower-is-better metrics. Open either model for its full surface, provenance and pricing.