# Granite 4.2 3B vs Ornith-1.5-397B (slim)

> Granite 4.2 3B and Ornith-1.5-397B score within a point of each other for open-weight models you run yourself, 59.8 and 59 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Granite 4.2 3B and Ornith-1.5-397B score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 59.8 (C) and 59 (C). Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Granite 4.2 3B: C 59.8, rank #57 of 100 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/granite-4-2-3b.min.md
- Ornith-1.5-397B: C 59, rank #64 of 100 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ornith-1-5-397b.min.md
- Granite 4.2 3B, good for Agents on small hardware that want a permissive reasoning model for tool calls and coding, with thinking they can switch off Ahead on Reach, 95 against 65; Risk, 55 against 50; Documentation and upkeep, 92 against 36. Also Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.8 against 2.0 out of 5.
- Ornith-1.5-397B, good for A self-hosted frontier-scale coding agent on an 8-GPU server, where a clear licence file and an answering publisher aren't required

| Category | Granite 4.2 3B | Ornith-1.5-397B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 95 | 65 |
| Risk (20%) | 55 | 50 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 85 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 92 | 36 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Granite 4.2 3B | Ornith-1.5-397B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | IBM | Ornith |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-10-20 | 2026-08-23 |
| Agent reviews | 3.8/5 (4) | 2/5 (4) |