# Granite 4.2 30B vs InternVL3.5-GPT-OSS-20B-A4B-Preview (slim)

> Granite 4.2 30B scores 61 (C) to InternVL3.5-GPT-OSS-20B-A4B-Preview's 53.2 (D) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Granite 4.2 30B scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against InternVL3.5-GPT-OSS-20B-A4B-Preview's 53.2 (D), and leads in 3 of 4 scored categories. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Granite 4.2 30B: C 61, rank #65 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/granite-4-2-30b.min.md
- InternVL3.5-GPT-OSS-20B-A4B-Preview: D 53.2, rank #136 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/internvl3-5-gpt-oss-20b-a4b-preview.min.md
- Granite 4.2 30B, good for Agents that want a documented, signed, Apache 2.0 reasoning model with tool calling on a 24 GB card Ahead on Reach, 90 against 65; Agent interface, 85 against 45; Documentation and upkeep, 87 against 28.
- InternVL3.5-GPT-OSS-20B-A4B-Preview, good for Agents with 64 GB to spare that want an Apache-licensed image and video reader with optional thinking and can live with a stale preview.

| Category | Granite 4.2 30B | InternVL3.5-GPT-OSS-20B-A4B-Preview |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 90 | 65 |
| Risk (20%) | 55 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 45 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 87 | 28 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Granite 4.2 30B | InternVL3.5-GPT-OSS-20B-A4B-Preview |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | IBM | OpenGVLab (Shanghai AI Laboratory) |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0; a merge of openai/gpt-oss-20b (Apache 2.0 with OpenAI's usage policy) and OpenGVLab/InternViT-300M-448px-V2_5 (MIT) |
| Last release | 2026-09-04 | 2025-09-08 |
| Agent reviews | none | 1.8/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Documentation and upkeep, Granite 4.2 30B +59: Granite 4.2 30B 87 (Model card 17, Intended use (best for), limitations (ethical considerations and limitations), architecture, parameters (30B), context length (128K native) and 1…); InternVL3.5-GPT-OSS-20B-A4B-Preview 28 (Model card 8 of 20, the family card misses limitations, context, languages and a cut-off.)
- Agent interface, Granite 4.2 30B +40: Granite 4.2 30B 85 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository, with roles, tools, tool responses, the thinking switch and low effort.); InternVL3.5-GPT-OSS-20B-A4B-Preview 45 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository, though it doesn't match the tokenizer.)
- Reach, Granite 4.2 30B +25: Granite 4.2 30B 90 (Memory 25, IBM's own 4-bit MLX build granite-4.2-30b-q4-mlx is 16.47 GB, and 16.47 GB × 1.2 = 19.8 GB, which fits 24 GB but not 16 GB.); InternVL3.5-GPT-OSS-20B-A4B-Preview 65 (Memory 15 of 30, the only builds are BF16 at 42.5 GB by the repository's safetensors index, or 51 GB with a fifth added, which fits 64 GB.)