Granite 4.2 30B vs Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

This comparison does not currently contain a protocol-matched coding benchmark for both Granite 4.2 30B and Llama 3.1 405B Instruct, so Model Markets cannot name a coding leader from pricing, context size, or capability labels alone.

Only Granite 4.2 30B has a directly sourced input price: $0.16 per million tokens. Only Granite 4.2 30B has a directly sourced output price: $0.65 per million tokens.

Neither model has a larger sourced context window in this comparison. Granite 4.2 30B is 131K and Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is 131K.

There is no overall benchmark winner: At least two independently verified, protocol-matched benchmarks are required for an overall winner.

Both models have the same recorded self-hosting status: supported. Granite 4.2 30B is open weight; Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is open weight.

Granite 4.2 30B is not documented with image input; Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is not documented with image input. This reflects supported input modalities, not vision quality.

Neither has a larger sourced maximum output. Granite 4.2 30B is — and Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is —.

Granite 4.2 30B: reasoning and tool calling. Llama 3.1 405B Instruct: tool calling. Feature support does not establish relative quality.

Granite 4.2 30B has 1 sourced provider route; Llama 3.1 405B Instruct has 1, a tie.

There is no universal value winner. Compare the input and output prices above with the matched benchmark result for your workload: cheaper tokens can be offset by different quality, token usage, latency, or provider availability.