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IBM ## Benchmarks | Benchmark | Score | Rank | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Arena text style control / coding](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext_style_control%3Acoding.md) | 1,370.33 | 143 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1370.3287324745534 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category coding config text_style_control ### Reported statistics lower 1348.913388908524 rank 244 upper 1391.7440760405827 variance 119.38613986449194 votes 829 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text_style_control/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `d4875c03cb7ec0c6e8943c3145fd261225e8841b937240dc62a3032c4a798d84` Source locator `/rows/1053/row` | | | | | [Arena text style control / chinese](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext_style_control%3Achinese.md) | 1,332.62 | 148 / 168 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1332.620082142875 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category chinese config text_style_control ### Reported statistics lower 1293.3689789778368 rank 251 upper 1371.8711853079128 variance 401.0583404858879 votes 233 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text_style_control/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `d4875c03cb7ec0c6e8943c3145fd261225e8841b937240dc62a3032c4a798d84` Source locator `/rows/667/row` | | | | | [Arena text / expert](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext%3Aexpert.md) | 1,385.98 | 115 / 170 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1385.984583306335 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category expert config text ### Reported statistics lower 1353.3139234781431 rank 170 upper 1418.6552431345267 variance 277.8559040798364 votes 314 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `8e027ef69b8de06c4b2a8b217bfe816b1f1536269bb257fd295b4ef1ba8246ac` Source locator `/rows/2640/row` | | | | | [Arena text / industry writing and literature and language](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext%3Aindustry_writing_and_literature_and_language.md) | 1,269.19 | 155 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1269.1946388554793 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category industry_writing_and_literature_and_language config text ### Reported statistics lower 1246.7487479860179 rank 266 upper 1291.6405297249407 variance 131.1527834711329 votes 839 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `8e027ef69b8de06c4b2a8b217bfe816b1f1536269bb257fd295b4ef1ba8246ac` Source locator `/rows/7383/row` | | | | | [Arena text style control / multi turn](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext_style_control%3Amulti_turn.md) | 1,273.12 | 164 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1273.1172782711785 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category multi_turn config text_style_control ### Reported statistics lower 1244.6866543570827 rank 298 upper 1301.5479021852743 variance 210.41495272327404 votes 524 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text_style_control/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `d4875c03cb7ec0c6e8943c3145fd261225e8841b937240dc62a3032c4a798d84` Source locator `/rows/9613/row` | | | | | [Arena text style control / industry business and management and financial operations](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext_style_control%3Aindustry_business_and_management_and_financial_operations.md) | 1,291.64 | 163 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1291.639864008793 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category industry_business_and_management_and_financial_operations config text_style_control ### Reported statistics lower 1266.951000255093 rank 284 upper 1316.328727762493 variance 158.67409281212133 votes 607 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text_style_control/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `d4875c03cb7ec0c6e8943c3145fd261225e8841b937240dc62a3032c4a798d84` Source locator `/rows/4566/row` | | | | | [Arena text / coding](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext%3Acoding.md) | 1,378.34 | 127 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1378.3440429568213 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category coding config text ### Reported statistics lower 1357.1196805711338 rank 197 upper 1399.5684053425086 variance 117.26627297220048 votes 829 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `8e027ef69b8de06c4b2a8b217bfe816b1f1536269bb257fd295b4ef1ba8246ac` Source locator `/rows/1006/row` | | | | | [Arena text style control / hard prompts](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext_style_control%3Ahard_prompts.md) | 1,305.82 | 161 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1305.8180726126232 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category hard_prompts config text_style_control ### Reported statistics lower 1291.7656606614796 rank 288 upper 1319.8704845637667 variance 51.40502368028962 votes 2076 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text_style_control/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `d4875c03cb7ec0c6e8943c3145fd261225e8841b937240dc62a3032c4a798d84` Source locator `/rows/3738/row` | | | | | [Arena text style control / russian](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext_style_control%3Arussian.md) | 1,256.41 | 165 / 172 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1256.4079060826298 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category russian config text_style_control ### Reported statistics lower 1222.2522340805033 rank 306 upper 1290.563578084756 variance 303.6892973138893 votes 336 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text_style_control/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `d4875c03cb7ec0c6e8943c3145fd261225e8841b937240dc62a3032c4a798d84` Source locator `/rows/10689/row` | | | | | [Arena text style control / industry life and physical and social science](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext_style_control%3Aindustry_life_and_physical_and_social_science.md) | 1,302.03 | 165 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1302.0286295225658 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category industry_life_and_physical_and_social_science config text_style_control ### Reported statistics lower 1274.5973653711662 rank 299 upper 1329.4598936739653 variance 195.88242073304198 votes 523 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text_style_control/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `d4875c03cb7ec0c6e8943c3145fd261225e8841b937240dc62a3032c4a798d84` Source locator `/rows/5796/row` | | | | | [Arena text style control / english](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext_style_control%3Aenglish.md) | 1,308.97 | 164 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1308.9710927148956 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category english config text_style_control ### Reported statistics lower 1292.2297234417474 rank 296 upper 1325.7124619880437 variance 72.96015868504541 votes 1410 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text_style_control/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `d4875c03cb7ec0c6e8943c3145fd261225e8841b937240dc62a3032c4a798d84` Source locator `/rows/1932/row` | | | | | [Arena text / english](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext%3Aenglish.md) | 1,337.29 | 143 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1337.285114269454 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category english config text ### Reported statistics lower 1320.688442803687 rank 238 upper 1353.8817857352212 variance 71.70440101004097 votes 1410 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `8e027ef69b8de06c4b2a8b217bfe816b1f1536269bb257fd295b4ef1ba8246ac` Source locator `/rows/1874/row` | | | | | [Arena text style control / expert](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext_style_control%3Aexpert.md) | 1,374.16 | 130 / 170 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1374.1563418180397 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category expert config text_style_control ### Reported statistics lower 1340.3357621442947 rank 204 upper 1407.9769214917847 variance 297.7596956932766 votes 314 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text_style_control/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `d4875c03cb7ec0c6e8943c3145fd261225e8841b937240dc62a3032c4a798d84` Source locator `/rows/2674/row` | | | | | [Arena text / industry legal and government](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext%3Aindustry_legal_and_government.md) | 1,326.76 | 141 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1326.7645422786684 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category industry_legal_and_government config text ### Reported statistics lower 1289.8429812525692 rank 231 upper 1363.6861033047676 variance 354.8656206492024 votes 273 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `8e027ef69b8de06c4b2a8b217bfe816b1f1536269bb257fd295b4ef1ba8246ac` Source locator `/rows/5338/row` | | | | | [Arena text / russian](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext%3Arussian.md) | 1,282.01 | 150 / 172 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1282.01483835819 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category russian config text ### Reported statistics lower 1248.3939084824556 rank 249 upper 1315.6357682339242 variance 294.25459922144637 votes 336 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `8e027ef69b8de06c4b2a8b217bfe816b1f1536269bb257fd295b4ef1ba8246ac` Source locator `/rows/10632/row` | | | | | [Arena text / longer query](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext%3Alonger_query.md) | 1,324.58 | 136 / 172 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1324.58001258395 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category longer_query config text ### Reported statistics lower 1307.504003055367 rank 223 upper 1341.6560221125328 variance 75.90608543021285 votes 1363 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `8e027ef69b8de06c4b2a8b217bfe816b1f1536269bb257fd295b4ef1ba8246ac` Source locator `/rows/8740/row` | | | | | [Arena text / industry life and physical and social science](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext%3Aindustry_life_and_physical_and_social_science.md) | 1,335.52 | 140 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1335.515983410302 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category industry_life_and_physical_and_social_science config text ### Reported statistics lower 1308.8736624081603 rank 227 upper 1362.1583044124436 variance 184.77700829626443 votes 523 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `8e027ef69b8de06c4b2a8b217bfe816b1f1536269bb257fd295b4ef1ba8246ac` Source locator `/rows/5724/row` | | | | | [Arena text / overall](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext.md) | 1,319.42 | 143 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1319.4247876577647 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category overall config text ### Reported statistics lower 1308.3537797814631 rank 237 upper 1330.4957955340665 variance 31.906424386709357 votes 3254 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `8e027ef69b8de06c4b2a8b217bfe816b1f1536269bb257fd295b4ef1ba8246ac` Source locator `/rows/236/row` | | | | | [Arena text / hard prompts english](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext%3Ahard_prompts_english.md) | 1,344.73 | 139 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1344.7261012809538 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category hard_prompts_english config text ### Reported statistics lower 1323.7638205478324 rank 226 upper 1365.6883820140752 variance 114.38810984176969 votes 900 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `8e027ef69b8de06c4b2a8b217bfe816b1f1536269bb257fd295b4ef1ba8246ac` Source locator `/rows/4093/row` | | | | | [Arena text style control / non english](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext_style_control%3Anon_english.md) | 1,270.51 | 163 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1270.506036625215 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category non_english config text_style_control ### Reported statistics lower 1255.8312817325432 rank 290 upper 1285.180791517887 variance 56.05902372294286 votes 1844 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text_style_control/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `d4875c03cb7ec0c6e8943c3145fd261225e8841b937240dc62a3032c4a798d84` Source locator `/rows/10020/row` | | | | | [Arena text style control / longer query](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext_style_control%3Alonger_query.md) | 1,307.13 | 161 / 172 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1307.1256001040204 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category longer_query config text_style_control ### Reported statistics lower 1289.879349189795 rank 280 upper 1324.3718510182457 variance 77.42714017761429 votes 1363 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text_style_control/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `d4875c03cb7ec0c6e8943c3145fd261225e8841b937240dc62a3032c4a798d84` Source locator `/rows/8797/row` | | | | | [Arena text / industry entertainment and sports and media](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext%3Aindustry_entertainment_and_sports_and_media.md) | 1,271.39 | 144 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1271.3885110725578 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category industry_entertainment_and_sports_and_media config text ### Reported statistics lower 1248.8062559649984 rank 243 upper 1293.9707661801172 variance 132.7511941546066 votes 817 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `8e027ef69b8de06c4b2a8b217bfe816b1f1536269bb257fd295b4ef1ba8246ac` Source locator `/rows/4935/row` | | | | | [Arena text style control / creative writing](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext_style_control%3Acreative_writing.md) | 1,199.9 | 168 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1199.8957818373601 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category creative_writing config text_style_control ### Reported statistics lower 1172.8665672868538 rank 326 upper 1226.9249963878665 variance 190.18255129578287 votes 629 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text_style_control/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `d4875c03cb7ec0c6e8943c3145fd261225e8841b937240dc62a3032c4a798d84` Source locator `/rows/1547/row` | | | | | [Arena text / chinese](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext%3Achinese.md) | 1,367.4 | 131 / 168 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1367.3980037759748 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category chinese config text ### Reported statistics lower 1328.74095150479 rank 206 upper 1406.0550560471595 variance 389.01046712953985 votes 233 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `8e027ef69b8de06c4b2a8b217bfe816b1f1536269bb257fd295b4ef1ba8246ac` Source locator `/rows/622/row` | | | | | [Arena text style control / instruction following](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext_style_control%3Ainstruction_following.md) | 1,282.25 | 160 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1282.2509365229882 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category instruction_following config text_style_control ### Reported statistics lower 1263.3957119854672 rank 285 upper 1301.106161060509 variance 92.54804202120644 votes 1137 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text_style_control/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `d4875c03cb7ec0c6e8943c3145fd261225e8841b937240dc62a3032c4a798d84` Source locator `/rows/7818/row` | | | | | [Arena text style control / industry entertainment and sports and media](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext_style_control%3Aindustry_entertainment_and_sports_and_media.md) | 1,236.5 | 165 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1236.498555849305 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category industry_entertainment_and_sports_and_media config text_style_control ### Reported statistics lower 1213.9084955365777 rank 309 upper 1259.0886161620324 variance 132.84297678360917 votes 817 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text_style_control/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `d4875c03cb7ec0c6e8943c3145fd261225e8841b937240dc62a3032c4a798d84` Source locator `/rows/5001/row` | | | | | [Arena text style control / industry legal and government](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext_style_control%3Aindustry_legal_and_government.md) | 1,285.66 | 167 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1285.6596881462538 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category industry_legal_and_government config text_style_control ### Reported statistics lower 1247.9941017661922 rank 305 upper 1323.3252745263148 variance 369.3118847744187 votes 273 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text_style_control/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `d4875c03cb7ec0c6e8943c3145fd261225e8841b937240dc62a3032c4a798d84` Source locator `/rows/5412/row` | | | | | [Arena text / multi turn](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext%3Amulti_turn.md) | 1,301.35 | 145 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1301.3482417506984 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category multi_turn config text ### Reported statistics lower 1273.0900304704164 rank 245 upper 1329.6064530309807 variance 207.87064030450222 votes 524 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `8e027ef69b8de06c4b2a8b217bfe816b1f1536269bb257fd295b4ef1ba8246ac` Source locator `/rows/9560/row` | | | | | [Arena text / industry business and management and financial operations](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext%3Aindustry_business_and_management_and_financial_operations.md) | 1,321.67 | 135 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1321.6722994146926 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category industry_business_and_management_and_financial_operations config text ### Reported statistics lower 1297.0075507579904 rank 221 upper 1346.3370480713947 variance 158.36427115164736 votes 607 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `8e027ef69b8de06c4b2a8b217bfe816b1f1536269bb257fd295b4ef1ba8246ac` Source locator `/rows/4503/row` | | | | | [Arena text / industry software and it services](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext%3Aindustry_software_and_it_services.md) | 1,366.93 | 130 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1366.927556178563 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category industry_software_and_it_services config text ### Reported statistics lower 1349.040141293403 rank 209 upper 1384.8149710637226 variance 83.29117301744856 votes 1164 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `8e027ef69b8de06c4b2a8b217bfe816b1f1536269bb257fd295b4ef1ba8246ac` Source locator `/rows/6909/row` | | | | | [Arena text style control / industry medicine and healthcare](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext_style_control%3Aindustry_medicine_and_healthcare.md) | 1,293.35 | 164 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1293.3530214375976 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category industry_medicine_and_healthcare config text_style_control ### Reported statistics lower 1251.7406812819156 rank 288 upper 1334.9653615932798 variance 450.7628310120218 votes 235 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text_style_control/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `d4875c03cb7ec0c6e8943c3145fd261225e8841b937240dc62a3032c4a798d84` Source locator `/rows/6600/row` | | | | | [Arena text style control / exclude ties](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext_style_control%3Aexclude_ties.md) | 1,230.8 | 163 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1230.7993558875821 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category exclude_ties config text_style_control ### Reported statistics lower 1215.1512380560694 rank 291 upper 1246.4474737190951 variance 63.74234453583646 votes 2501 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text_style_control/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `d4875c03cb7ec0c6e8943c3145fd261225e8841b937240dc62a3032c4a798d84` Source locator `/rows/2344/row` | | | | | [Arena text / non english](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext%3Anon_english.md) | 1,300.64 | 142 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1300.642205142538 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category non_english config text ### Reported statistics lower 1286.1198469700787 rank 232 upper 1315.164563314997 variance 54.90072827360986 votes 1844 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `8e027ef69b8de06c4b2a8b217bfe816b1f1536269bb257fd295b4ef1ba8246ac` Source locator `/rows/9962/row` | | | | | [Arena text style control / industry software and it services](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext_style_control%3Aindustry_software_and_it_services.md) | 1,349.07 | 152 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1349.0744208214253 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category industry_software_and_it_services config text_style_control ### Reported statistics lower 1330.885416731391 rank 264 upper 1367.2634249114599 variance 86.12349766839638 votes 1164 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text_style_control/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `d4875c03cb7ec0c6e8943c3145fd261225e8841b937240dc62a3032c4a798d84` Source locator `/rows/6964/row` | | | | | [Arena text / exclude ties](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext%3Aexclude_ties.md) | 1,272.7 | 141 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1272.700546190191 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category exclude_ties config text ### Reported statistics lower 1257.3126218851087 rank 232 upper 1288.0884704952737 variance 61.64018032507827 votes 2501 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `8e027ef69b8de06c4b2a8b217bfe816b1f1536269bb257fd295b4ef1ba8246ac` Source locator `/rows/2285/row` | | | | | [Arena text style control / industry writing and literature and language](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext_style_control%3Aindustry_writing_and_literature_and_language.md) | 1,242.34 | 166 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1242.3365008490211 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category industry_writing_and_literature_and_language config text_style_control ### Reported statistics lower 1219.7749500190946 rank 315 upper 1264.8980516789477 variance 132.50788297123563 votes 839 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text_style_control/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `d4875c03cb7ec0c6e8943c3145fd261225e8841b937240dc62a3032c4a798d84` Source locator `/rows/7432/row` | | | | | [Arena text / instruction following](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext%3Ainstruction_following.md) | 1,300.35 | 142 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1300.3457543643117 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category instruction_following config text ### Reported statistics lower 1281.7222730894111 rank 235 upper 1318.9692356392122 variance 90.28706826900184 votes 1137 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `8e027ef69b8de06c4b2a8b217bfe816b1f1536269bb257fd295b4ef1ba8246ac` Source locator `/rows/7768/row` | | | | | [Arena text style control / hard prompts english](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext_style_control%3Ahard_prompts_english.md) | 1,325.31 | 159 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1325.3080226911459 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category hard_prompts_english config text_style_control ### Reported statistics lower 1304.178516395853 rank 279 upper 1346.4375289864388 variance 116.22044049457044 votes 900 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text_style_control/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `d4875c03cb7ec0c6e8943c3145fd261225e8841b937240dc62a3032c4a798d84` Source locator `/rows/4146/row` | | | | | [Arena text / creative writing](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext%3Acreative_writing.md) | 1,235.8 | 162 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1235.7977143960784 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category creative_writing config text ### Reported statistics lower 1208.8062274798797 rank 285 upper 1262.7892013122769 variance 189.65200460373094 votes 629 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `8e027ef69b8de06c4b2a8b217bfe816b1f1536269bb257fd295b4ef1ba8246ac` Source locator `/rows/1506/row` | | | | | [Arena text / hard prompts](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext%3Ahard_prompts.md) | 1,327.09 | 142 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1327.0883170552997 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category hard_prompts config text ### Reported statistics lower 1313.1925230387124 rank 229 upper 1340.9841110718871 variance 50.26556325717337 votes 2076 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `8e027ef69b8de06c4b2a8b217bfe816b1f1536269bb257fd295b4ef1ba8246ac` Source locator `/rows/3679/row` | | | | | [Arena text style control / overall](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext_style_control%3Aoverall.md) | 1,290 | 164 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1290.00032808493 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category overall config text_style_control ### Reported statistics lower 1278.822626059232 rank 293 upper 1301.1780301106278 variance 32.524368581598516 votes 3254 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text_style_control/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `d4875c03cb7ec0c6e8943c3145fd261225e8841b937240dc62a3032c4a798d84` Source locator `/rows/292/row` | | | | | [Arena text / industry medicine and healthcare](https://benchize.com/benchmarks/lmarena%3Atext%3Aindustry_medicine_and_healthcare.md) | 1,335.93 | 138 / 173 | | | ### Original source values \| Metric \| Value \| Unit \| Scope \| Direction \| \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| --- \| \| `rating` \| 1335.9281486294017 \| rating \| reported \| Higher is better \| ### Configuration category industry_medicine_and_healthcare config text ### Reported statistics lower 1295.749961391897 rank 222 upper 1376.1063358669064 variance 420.22752424046456 votes 235 ### Source [Original source](https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/parquet/lmarena-ai%2Fleaderboard-dataset/text/latest) Source Arena Original model label Granite 4.2 8B Observed 2026-10-22T06:45:03.380Z Evidence SHA-256 `8e027ef69b8de06c4b2a8b217bfe816b1f1536269bb257fd295b4ef1ba8246ac` Source locator `/rows/6534/row` | | | | --- Cite as: Granite 4.2 8B — Benchize, https://benchize.com/models/granite-4-2-8b (retrieved 2026-10-22)